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Alec Rutherford - Undermanager, Bellbird Colliery. Recorded 6 February 1990. Part 2/2.
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SummaryTAPE 462B ALEC RUTHERFORD
Recorded on 6th February 1990.
Part 2/2.
00:2
No skip haulage at Bellbird pit top.
00:44
"Tiger".
1:30
$20/tonne of coal, clear profit.
4:14
Continuous miner.
6:00
Disaster at Bellbird.
6:40
Pyretic white clay in No. 1 caused fires.
7:00
Lorries.
9:12
Electric conveyor belt.
9:32
Shaker screens, electric.
10:30
Eric Newell.
10:40
Timber.
11:16
Ironbark. Wooden tunnels.
12:15
A. Rutherford is an ex-cabinet maker. Sawn timber.
14:00
Bush timber.
16:17
Cavity between roof produces heat, risk of fire.
18:30
Double wheeled track.
18:55
Harold Cooper from Cessnock.
19:17
New bath house built at Bellbird, 1956.
21:15
Fan named Tiger moth.
22:30
Mechanisation.
22:47
Hydro cars manufactured Aug and Oct 1966.
23:05
DC cars were a nuisance.
23:19
No. 1 tunnel had hydro cars. No. 2, 3 tunnels had DC cars.
23:28
Auxiliary fans never used at Bellbird.
24:10
Thermal ventilation.
24:46
Second open cut at Bellbird.
25:45
Borers.
26:00
Rutherford was manager at Bellbird and Millfield.
26:50
John Shoebridge, manager at Maitland Main.
27:14
Millers.
27:20
Rescue station.
28:15
Don Watson.
28:50
Pit top was demolished.
30:02
Millers had Millfield and Maitland Main leases.
30:28
Screening was done at Bellbird.
32:13
Millfield coal was washed at Ayrfield.
32:30
Continuous miner.
32:28
Kevin Lane.
32:50
Recalls deputy killed at Bellbird.
35:00
Jack Williams, deputy.
36:28
Arthur Rodgers.
37:00
Johnny McKendry.
37:30
Millfield "crush" in roadways.
38:10
Jimmy Hayes.
39:05
Bellbird. Scraper loaders.
39:55
Preston Granville lived on Skinner Hill.
41:40
Crawford's Pit, owned by George Crawford. Hilldale.
42:25
Coal average was 125 t/acre inch.
43:45
Horse and dray were used at Crawford's pit (George Crawford).
44:38
End (Tape 462/Side B).
SubjectRutherford, AlecPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToJohn ShoebridgeKevin Lane (1930-2010) - Engineer. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 9 February 1988Don Watson - Mine Worker. Recorded 11 January 1988. Part 1/1.CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Bellbird Colliery, NSW[2] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier462B
Recorded on 6th February 1990.
Part 2/2.
00:2
No skip haulage at Bellbird pit top.
00:44
"Tiger".
1:30
$20/tonne of coal, clear profit.
4:14
Continuous miner.
6:00
Disaster at Bellbird.
6:40
Pyretic white clay in No. 1 caused fires.
7:00
Lorries.
9:12
Electric conveyor belt.
9:32
Shaker screens, electric.
10:30
Eric Newell.
10:40
Timber.
11:16
Ironbark. Wooden tunnels.
12:15
A. Rutherford is an ex-cabinet maker. Sawn timber.
14:00
Bush timber.
16:17
Cavity between roof produces heat, risk of fire.
18:30
Double wheeled track.
18:55
Harold Cooper from Cessnock.
19:17
New bath house built at Bellbird, 1956.
21:15
Fan named Tiger moth.
22:30
Mechanisation.
22:47
Hydro cars manufactured Aug and Oct 1966.
23:05
DC cars were a nuisance.
23:19
No. 1 tunnel had hydro cars. No. 2, 3 tunnels had DC cars.
23:28
Auxiliary fans never used at Bellbird.
24:10
Thermal ventilation.
24:46
Second open cut at Bellbird.
25:45
Borers.
26:00
Rutherford was manager at Bellbird and Millfield.
26:50
John Shoebridge, manager at Maitland Main.
27:14
Millers.
27:20
Rescue station.
28:15
Don Watson.
28:50
Pit top was demolished.
30:02
Millers had Millfield and Maitland Main leases.
30:28
Screening was done at Bellbird.
32:13
Millfield coal was washed at Ayrfield.
32:30
Continuous miner.
32:28
Kevin Lane.
32:50
Recalls deputy killed at Bellbird.
35:00
Jack Williams, deputy.
36:28
Arthur Rodgers.
37:00
Johnny McKendry.
37:30
Millfield "crush" in roadways.
38:10
Jimmy Hayes.
39:05
Bellbird. Scraper loaders.
39:55
Preston Granville lived on Skinner Hill.
41:40
Crawford's Pit, owned by George Crawford. Hilldale.
42:25
Coal average was 125 t/acre inch.
43:45
Horse and dray were used at Crawford's pit (George Crawford).
44:38
End (Tape 462/Side B).
SubjectRutherford, AlecPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToJohn ShoebridgeKevin Lane (1930-2010) - Engineer. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 9 February 1988Don Watson - Mine Worker. Recorded 11 January 1988. Part 1/1.CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Bellbird Colliery, NSW[2] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier462Bloading google map....
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Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Alec Rutherford - Undermanager, Bellbird Colliery. Recorded 6 February 1990. Part 2/2., [462B]. Living Histories, accessed 07/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56144