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Mt Sugarloaf Colliery - NSW 1950-60sMT Sugarloaf Colliery - Newcastle NSW - 1950-60s
Commenced 1949
Jack Freeman - Managing Director Mt Sugarloaf Colliery
Andrew Gow - New Mine Mgr
Photography by A Brooks
11:55 Mechanised Bord & Pillar
30” Conveyor out of mine from 50T surge Bin to Crusher
SAMSON Coal Cutter
16:00 Gatherer Loader
16:35 4.5T Shuttlecar - 3mins to fill it
17:40 S/C discharges onto scraper conveyor
18:20 Transfer Belt, Feeder Belt then Main Belt
18:40 - Main Belt Drivehead, ….open type motor?
19:32 Surge bin transfer chute
19:45 The new tunnel brick lined
20:10 50T Surge Bin
21:20 Screening
23:15 Washer Plant Controls & Manual “Stroke of Washer Box Control”
23:20 Box washer for small coals
Rob