Emu Creek Colliery

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                Opened: 1960

                Location: On Emu Creek a tributary to Black Bob’s Ck.

                Owner:   Southern Coal Mining Pty Ltd

Manager:

                Closed:

                Reopened:

The area is settled by the Carter family in the early 1800’s

1960 – Mine is operational.

1962 – Mechanised mining by 8 men with an output of 500 tons per 3 day week.

Southern Coal Mining Pty Ltd is taken over by Austen and Butta and subsequently by Shell Australia.

Extract from “Canyonleigh Chronicle 2011/01/coal-mining part two”