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Austin Greener - Mine manager and Inspector for the Mines Department. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 24 March 1988.
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Summary380A Austin Greener
Recorded 24 March 1988.
Part 1 of 1
0:22
Recalls mining at Ayrfield
0:47
Reason for mining method at Ayrfield
3:17
Width of bords, Ayrfield
Description of mining "on the level"
4:43
Recollection of mining with "jigs"
Emigrated from England in 1967
6:51
Worked as manager at Rothbury, 1968-72
7:02
Rothbury Colliery closed in 1974
Recalls working as Mines Dept. Inspector
Description of an "alligator"
8:25
Charlie Baker
Recalls setting up "scraper-loader"
10:01
Recalls using "cut-throughs" as ventilation
Description of "bord & pillar" technique
12:30
Recollection of pit horses, Rothbury
Number of employees, Rothbury
12:55
Charlie Ford
Bede Kelly
14:27
Worked at Cwmdu Colliery
Thickness of Cwmdu coal seam
17:48
Cwmdu worked No. 3 seam
17:55
Rothbury worked No. 2 seam
Cec Morgan, undermanager
John Drybrough
20:36
Andy Gow
Dick Thomas
Glen Ayr Colliery, location of
Mick Watson
George Thomas
Russell Watson
Jack Aurish
Ab Hatfield
Recalls "volatility" of Ayrfield coal
30:53
Used skip in every "board" when working
Used water-powered coal haulage system
Conveyor belt tipped into "alligator" box
Tonnage capacity of "alligator"
Recalls water gravitating to bottom tunnel
35:30
Pumped water into holding dams
36:03
Used pumped water to wash coal
Recalls updating of coal washery
36:34
Bill Clissol
Colliery railway was contract built
38:13
Recalls pits ventilated by propellor fan
All ventilator fans were exhaust type
41:09
Extended discussion regarding ventilation
Griff Thomas
Charlie Ford
43:27
Recalls "alligator" driven by 360 h.p. motor
Width of "alligator" (5 feet)
45:22
End (Tape 380/Side A)
SubjectRothbury Colliery (N.S.W.)Greener, AustinCoal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Hunter ValleyAyrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Mines inspectors -- New South WalesMines managersPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAndy GowBede KellyCreatorGreener, AustinDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceBranxton, NSWDate Created24th March 1988Location[1] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery, NSWIdentifier380A
Recorded 24 March 1988.
Part 1 of 1
0:22
Recalls mining at Ayrfield
0:47
Reason for mining method at Ayrfield
3:17
Width of bords, Ayrfield
Description of mining "on the level"
4:43
Recollection of mining with "jigs"
Emigrated from England in 1967
6:51
Worked as manager at Rothbury, 1968-72
7:02
Rothbury Colliery closed in 1974
Recalls working as Mines Dept. Inspector
Description of an "alligator"
8:25
Charlie Baker
Recalls setting up "scraper-loader"
10:01
Recalls using "cut-throughs" as ventilation
Description of "bord & pillar" technique
12:30
Recollection of pit horses, Rothbury
Number of employees, Rothbury
12:55
Charlie Ford
Bede Kelly
14:27
Worked at Cwmdu Colliery
Thickness of Cwmdu coal seam
17:48
Cwmdu worked No. 3 seam
17:55
Rothbury worked No. 2 seam
Cec Morgan, undermanager
John Drybrough
20:36
Andy Gow
Dick Thomas
Glen Ayr Colliery, location of
Mick Watson
George Thomas
Russell Watson
Jack Aurish
Ab Hatfield
Recalls "volatility" of Ayrfield coal
30:53
Used skip in every "board" when working
Used water-powered coal haulage system
Conveyor belt tipped into "alligator" box
Tonnage capacity of "alligator"
Recalls water gravitating to bottom tunnel
35:30
Pumped water into holding dams
36:03
Used pumped water to wash coal
Recalls updating of coal washery
36:34
Bill Clissol
Colliery railway was contract built
38:13
Recalls pits ventilated by propellor fan
All ventilator fans were exhaust type
41:09
Extended discussion regarding ventilation
Griff Thomas
Charlie Ford
43:27
Recalls "alligator" driven by 360 h.p. motor
Width of "alligator" (5 feet)
45:22
End (Tape 380/Side A)
SubjectRothbury Colliery (N.S.W.)Greener, AustinCoal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Hunter ValleyAyrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Mines inspectors -- New South WalesMines managersPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAndy GowBede KellyCreatorGreener, AustinDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceBranxton, NSWDate Created24th March 1988Location[1] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery, NSWIdentifier380Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Austin Greener - Mine manager and Inspector for the Mines Department. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 24 March 1988. , [380A]. Living Histories, accessed 11/06/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/86273