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Trevor Scarlett (1915-1994) - Mineworker. Part 1 of 1.

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Summary478A Trevor Scarlett. [n.d.].
Part 1 of 1.

0:08
Born 1915
First job at old Leconfield

0:42
Art Mawson (owner of Leconfield)
During the war worked at Ayrfield

1:23
Was a carpenter at Leconfield
Number of employees, Leconfield

2:05
Built the bathhouse at Leconfield
Wire baskets

3:13
30ft x 30ft bathhouse
Weatherboard office

3:46
Pit top was covered
Four skips came up at a time

4:18
Coal boxes
Overwind

5:54
Contractors and Mawson
Mobile winch

6:26
Electric winch
No boilers

6:44
Pumps in the pit
Ventilation

7:25
Shaft
Brattice to retain walls

8:16
Stables and pit horses
Number of pit horses was 5-6

9:01
Worked top and bottom seams
Finish work in 1975
Moved to Abermain

9:48
Greta
Pat Wilson

10:29
Branxton
Blacksmiths shop
Forge and anvil

11:35
Electric lamp
Cabin for lamp
Amos worked the cabin
Driving

13:35
George Charter drove Mawson's truck
Truck was a 3 ton "Chev"

14:01
Mr Scarlett worked on the loading ramp
Description of coal bins

14:33
Rubber box

Old pit top distributed to Greta people

17:56
End (Tape 478/Side A) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectScarlett, Trevor, 1915-1994 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Ayrfield Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Leconfield Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Branxton (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Coal mines and mining Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Greta (N.S.W) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToArt Mawson Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorScarlett, Trevor, 1915-1994 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CollectionVoices of the HunterLocation^[1]Leconfield Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[2]Branxton, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[3]Greta, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier478A Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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