MT Sugarloaf Colliery - Newcastle NSW - 1950-60s

[rob52]

Reasonable detail in film of

Mt Sugarloaf Colliery - NSW 1950-60s
MT 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

[John]

Jan 30, 2016 23:30:47 GMT -5 rob52 said:

Reasonable detail in film of

Mt Sugarloaf Colliery - NSW 1950-60s
MT 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

Interesting piece of history. All outbye electrics in Australian collieries were standard industrial, 300 feet of the working face and all returns were flameproof equipment.