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Wilson Barrett (1909-1996) - Mines Surveyor and Manager. Recorded [1990]. Part 2/2.

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SummaryTAPE 456B WILSON BARRETT
Date of recording unknown.
Part 2/2.

00:40
Location of East Greta tunnels.

1:16
Clem (Jones).

2:45
Location of Cruikshank's property.

5:05
Job description of "sidler".

5:55
Stanford.

6:30
Clem Jones.

7:12
Charlie Sumner.

7:30
Recollection of industrial disputes, Kalingo.

7:40
Recalls acquiring surveyors ticket.

8:35
Kalingo engine originated from Aberdare South.

9:02
Clem Jones d.1934. Appointment of new manager Neath, Kalingo.

10:55
Coal was never washed at Little Cessnock. Recalls coal being carted by road transport.

15:20
Description of continuous miner.

15:30
Nelson Younger, Aberdare 7.

16:05
Recalls Aberdare 7 working while at Neath.

17:50
Ken McCrimmin.

18:20
No mechanisation at Little Cessnock until open cut – no power.

19:45
Recollection of Lee Norse miner.

20:20
Recalls number of shifts worked at Little Cessnock.

21:35
Description of shuttle cars, Little Cessnock.

22:10
Recalls being no pumps at Little Cessnock.

24:57
Estimated and actual life of Aberdare East.

25:30
Liddell Colliery.

26:03
Stan McKensey.

26:30
Stan Coffey.

27:01
Recollection of Aberdare Central railway.

27:31
Pelton Colliery, Ellalong Colliery.

28:05
Son currently working at Ellalong.

29:05
Kalingo Colliery.

29:17
Recalls Coal & Allied selling colliery leases.

31:00
Age of Wilson Barrett, c.1991 (Wilson lived in all decades of 1900s) 81 years in March 1990.

34:37
End (Tape 456/Side B) Last edited by: Dave Trimble

SubjectBarrett, Denis Wilson, 1909-1996Wilson BarrettMine managersSurveyorsCoal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockLittle Cessnock Colliery (N.S.W.)Kalingo Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToStan Coffey Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorBarrett, Denis Wilson, 1909-1996Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created[1990] Last edited by: Dave Trimble

Location^[1]Neath Colliery, NSW^[2]Kalingo Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier456B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Job Identifier456B

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