https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/97e621ae172e6e310db448e9bf87e1d9.pdf 0ae8489010f45f2f39893d6dec4eae9c PDF Text Text FILE NO. 284 - VISITORS AUSTRALIAN Visiters - Australian Iron & Steel Ltd. C'CT/45 - Broken Hill Proprietary Co. ltd. - Melbourne. AUG/46 - Eelhcurne - i’he Broken Hill Proprietary Coy. Ltd. LAY/'!? - Lining Engineers - The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. I'.e 1 hour..j, Australia Ltd. .. ... 50 1- MILLER, C. '.7. - Executive Officer HUFTON, H. S. = Research Officer 2- ilcLENNAN, Ian 11. SYr.iE, C. 1. 3- WILhlESON, Heywood GRIERSON, John J. 4- HAMS, A. H. MORRIS, J. A. 5- PEARCE, H. L, - Manager - Lebo Colliery KNOiVLES, H. C. - Maintenance Engineer �NOo 5 �080- Mr, V, 0, Murray: Herewith, for your information, copy of letter from Mr, N, E, Jones, Managing Director of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company of Melbourne, Australia, dated April 7th, and copy of my reply of today, regarding visit of Messrs. Pearce and Knowles. �080-3 April 14, 1952 Mr. H. 2. Jones - Managing Director The Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd. 422 Little Collins Street Melbourne, C. 1, Australia Dear Mr. Jones: Acknowledging receipt of your letter of April 7th: be are always glad to have representatives of your company visit our properties, and you may be assured that ue will allow your representatives to examine our properties and obtain as ouch information as possible. As you know, we are fully mechanised, however our seams are pitching seams end in all instances we are not able to efficiently us? some of th? equipment that is being developed end used in level seam mining. However, w? do have two Con­ tinuous Miners in operation, one at our D. 0. Clark Mine, Superior, Wyoming; and one at our Ho. 11 Mine, Reliance. also have a number of Joy loading machines and shuttle cars working on these pitching seams. Therefore your men will be able to see additional machinery which was not in operation at the time of the visit of Mr. McLennan and hie associates. You no doubt are kept informed by news items and radio on our steel labor controversy. This, together with transpor­ tation, communications, etc., makes for a certain amount of confusion in this country. Cur coming presidential election, however, appears to be most important due to the issues that will be debated. Ve, like everyone else, would be happy to see world tension relaxed somewhat. 1 will be very haouy to meet Mr. Pearce and Mr. Knowles: and I am still hoping that you will be able to visit this country, enabling us to meet. Please remember me to the members of your staff who have visited this country, and best wishes to all. Sincerely yours, t-H-.-aui �-copy- THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY GO. LTD. 422 Little Collins Street Melbourne, G.l,Australia 7th April, 19b2 Mr. I. No Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street Omaha 2, Nebraska U.S.A. Dear Mr. Bayless: It Is with much appreciation that I recall the kindness and assistance that you and youi' company have extended to members of our organisation who have visited the United States, and in saying this I wonder if I may make a further call on your generosity. The position, as you know, is that we have had in hand for some years an extensive programme of coal mine development and mechanisation, which has now reached an advanced stage;we are now feeling the benefit in our overall operations of the considerable amounts of effort and money expended. With the furtherance of this plan in mind, we have decided to send to the United States two more of our coal mining personnel, namely, Mr. H. L. Pearce, Manager of our Nebo Colliery (one of our newest and most highly mechanised mines), and Mr. H. C. Knowles, who 1g the Maintenance Engineer for our Southern Coast Collieries organisation. I would be very pleased indeed if they could have the pleasure of calling on you and perhaps also meeting some of your officers. With this thought in mind, I have taken the liberty of providing them with a letter of introduction to you. The purpose of the visit is, of course, primarily to study the latest development in underground mining practice, more parti­ cularly simultaneous cutting and loading of coal, roof bolting, mechanical loading of pillar coal, shaft sinking, drift driving, etc., and the equipment side generally. Therefore, if it would be convenient to you, and they could be permitted to see some of the operations on the mining side under your control, then I can assure you that the experience would be most helpful, and I person­ ally would be most grateful. They have been booked to leave Australia by air for San Francisco on 16th April, returning towards the end of July. We have been having a busy time out here in Australia, and as we stand now we have years of work ahead of us. Generally speak­ ing, our operating conditions have improved considerably over the �- 2 - past six to nine months, mainly as a result of increasing fuel supplies, which in turn have resulted from the programme to^whlch I have referred above, and to better continuity of work from the miners themselves o In the Steelworks we have been comparatively free from labour troubles and overall production is on a much more heartening basis« At Port Kembla, which has been the scene of most of our recent developments, they are producing at a better rate than ever before<, I hope that I myself will have the pleasure of meeting you in the not too distant future, either in the States or here in Australia, should you be contemplating a visit to this country. In sending my best wishes, I also pass on the kindest regards of Mr. Ian McLennan who is at the present time absent from Melbourne o sincerely, /s/ N. E. -Jones Managing Director �Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY S<jr>mooo Couuie^y tAevj SoctM. VtakE.%. THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED — Australia �The Steel Works as seen in the distance from the Newcastle hill overlooking the shipping basin with the Town Hall tower in the foreground. ��Omaha - October 23, 1S50 OSO-3 Mr. Ho Co Livingston; Supplementing my letter of October 11 regarding visit of Mr. Ao Ho Hams and Mr. J. A. Morris of Australia on October 30 th: Hereiflth copy of Western Union message received this morning from Mr. Hams. Please make hotel reservations, and arrange to have a car at the airport to meet these gentlemen. HCL: HCL: Reservations made, hotel instructed to hold for late arrival alh Plane arrives at 9:05 PM -has been running on time. alh �-copyWESTERN UNION East St. Louis, Ill. via Rock Springs, 'Wyoming October 21, 1950 I. N. Bayless 1416 Dodge St. Omaha, Nebr. Will depart Chicago Monday, October 30, 2:50 p.m. GST Flight 629 and arrive Rock Springs 9:35 p.m. MST October 30 on Flight 133 from Denver STOP Many thanks for making air arrangement ’ - - HAMS �Omaha - October 11, £950 Mr. Ho C. Livingston; o8o_s 4^4 '' Mr. A. H. Hams and Mr. J. A. Morris of The Broken Hill^ Proprietary Company, Australia, are scheduled to arrive in Rock Springs by plane on October 30, and I have promised to meet them there. Suggest that you make hotel reservations for these two gentlemen. They will want to look at some of our mines. �080-3 August 23, Hr. A. Ho Hams Assistant Superintendent of The Broken Hill Proprietary 100 Park Avenue New York 17, N. Y. (cops- “ M*. H. C. Livingston Vice President-Uporation The Union Pacific Coal Company Hock Springs, Jyoialng ) Dear mr. zlamss This will acknowledge receipt of your let­ ter of August 21st, advising that a change of plans has taken you direct to Hew York, which will neces­ sitate deferring your visit to Wyoming until early November. he will be very happy to have you visit our properties at that tine, and will appreciate your notifying us somewhat in advance in order that we nay make any required reservations for your hotel accommo­ dations. Sincerely yours. �Omaha - August 6, 1950 080-3 Mr, Ho Go Livingston? BLEN0............ — m t' J? ' Herewith copy of letter dated July 26th from The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Melbourne, Australia, together with copy of my cable reply, regarding the contemplated visit of their Messrs. Hams and Morris to our properties sometime after the middle of August, You will note that these gentlemen are to notify your office when they arrive in San Francisco. Please arrange to show them any of our operations in which they are interested. ; RECEIVED I AUG - ? I9J0 VICE-PRESIDENT A1 ions ^AG/^7 �J DOMESTIC SERVICE V JaNT^NATION^S^K^V Check the class of service desired; otherwise this message will be sent/vs a full rate telegram FULL RATE TELEGRAM DAY SUETTER 1206 SERIAL NIGHT LETTER NO. WDS.-CL. OF SVC. r Check the class of service desired; otherwise this message will be sent at the full rate FULL RATE DEFERRED >^ODE NIGHT LETTER JOSEPH L. EGAN, PRESIDENT PD. OR COLL. TIME FILED CHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF CASH NO. The Union Pacific Coal Go. Scnd thefollowing message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to Osaka, Nebr. Aug. 6, 1950 HEMATITE . MELBOURNE 0 AU STEALS A Yours 26th. Pleased to have Messrs. Hams and Morris visit our properties. Have notified our offices Rock Springs to anticipate their visit. I. N. Bayless I �THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY, LTD. 422 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 0. 1, Australia Telegraphic address: "Hematite" Melbourne 26th July 1950 Mr. I, No Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street Omaha 2, Nebraska, USA Dear Mr. Bayless; Towards the middle of August we will be sending two of our coal mining engineers to the United States of America for a few months to look into coal mining matters generally, but more particularly in connection with roof bolting, trans­ port control, extraction of pillars by machinery, plant main­ tenance and mechanical mining generally,. The two officers we have selected for this mission are Mr. A. H. Hams and Mr. J. Ao Morris of our South Coast Colliery Organization and they hold the respective positions of Assistant Superintendent of Col­ lieries and Supervising Engineer. You may recall from previous correspondence that we operate four collieries on the northern New South Wales Coal­ fields adjacent to our Newcastle Steel Works for the production of coking coal and now have five collieries on the South Coast field feeding the Port Kembla Steel Works, Our northern mines have for quite a number of years been operating on a fairly high degree of mechanization and in the South Coast mines we are currently spending quite sub­ stantial sums of money in furthering our development and mechanization programme there. In fact we have now reached the stage where 90 per cent of our output from these latter mines can be mechanically cut with 78 per cent mechanically cut and loaded. In 1947, when our Mr. Heywood Wilkinson and Mr. John Grierson visited the United States of America, you and your company were very kind and also most helpful in assisting them and they greatly valued the opportunity of viewing the opera­ tions under your control. Whilst I do not wish to transgre'ss on your generosity, I have taken the liberty of handing Mr. Hams and Mr. Morris a letter of introduction to you in the hope that it may be convenient for you to receive a call from them. I do hope also that it will be convenient for them to call in at Rock Springs and if such proves to be the case it would of course suit their programme best if they could do this �on their way East from San Francisco0 I am therefor© sug~ gestlng to them that as soon as possible after their arrival in San Francisco they make known to you the fact that they are in the States and also to your officers at Rock Springs, at the same time enquiring whether an arrangement as suggest­ ed above would be convenient to youo They will travel by air to the United States and should thus arrive in San Francisco during the latter part of August 0 Needless to say for any kindness or assistance you may be able to extend to these officers of ours I shall be most gratefulo With kindest regards and best wishes, Yours sincerely, /s/ (Illegible) �N0» 3 �Rock Springs, T/yoning December 31, 1949 Bear Friend ’.'ilkinsons For the tliree years I have received your Christmas cards and am Glad to receive then as I know you are still en­ joyin’ life. I am writing you just a far/ linos to wish you a prosperous and happy new year for 1950. ’.'u are all very much alive around Rock Springs, minin; some 3,450,003 tons for 1949, our production being curtailed quite a bit by work stoppages which you havo probably read about in the various newspapers of your country. V.e have installed a few units of shuttle cars, top cutting machines that cut up to 13’ liigh and 14 BU Joy loaders with shuttle car units. If labor conditions permit, we will probably also Install a courilc of continuous minors durins ^he year and may also pick out a couple of places on the property where we can do some strip .mining unless the Railroad goes entirely to oil, which they are considering very seriously. Kindly give Hr. Grierson iqy kindest regards as wall as Hr. McLennan should you happen to see them. Kindest regards and best wishes, I am Sincei'ely yours, OrigiDal Signed; Hr. Heywood ’Jilkinson, Asst. Supt of Collieries Broken Hill Property, Ltd. Newcastle, .'.ustralia 1 * MURRAY �'q'n r 4- .JUN 2 1847** TheU.p.CoalCo. oINGS. Fairmont, West Virginia, May 24, 1947 Mr. H G Livingstone, Vice President, Goal Operations, Rock springs, Wyoming o o Dear Mr. Livingstone* I desire to thank you for your kindness to us during our stay in Rock Springs and during our journey to Cleveland. I am sorry that we were unable to get together for a night in Cleveland. However, we did enjoy our stay with you and although we have seen quite a few mines since we locality we have not seen a more clean cut or/safe operation than thafce of your mines which we visited. Will you kindly give my best wishes toTfesss.Verne Murray and Io M. Charles. Yours faithfullyp Bo Ho P. Co. Ltd., Australia. �080-3 Omaha - May 4, 194? Mr. H. Co Livingston: Your* letter of May 2 relative to Messrs. Wilkinson and Grierson: I am confident they will enjoy their visit to Utah. I note you state you are endeavoring to get air transporta­ tion from Chicago to Cleveland the morning of May 12. Cleveland is an ovex1 night's ride from Chicago and unless these gentlemen wish to spend Sunday night in Chicago, they would gain nothing by staying in Chicago over night and going by air to Cleveland. They can take a train out of Chicago any time before midnight Sunday, arriving in Cleveland Monday morning. Hotel reservations have been confirmed. �Hay 2, 1%7 Hr o Heywood HVilklnson z i*1' Hiy' John J o< Grierson Copy: Hr. II. C. Livingston Gontlonon; Horowith, as requested by you this date, one print of Drawing Ho. 1940.35-Aj T9-F3, Pina and Profile of Rock Slopes., D. 0. Clark Hine, Supsriorfl Wyoninr;. Very truly yours, Sigae<s Encl �Book ijprfcisc « —.'o ..o 2, 1947 o kAlyiCSOS (SC -- .'?r# ?• J# rctortioH Ur# Ho’ri.’ooti ’.i'l”".... ?r> Mr# Joi in ?rioracn) '..a i-ave arranged an itinorasy for .‘.’oosru# an' ^rlorncsn, .\2th bhcdr personal idshoog as foSlouu: Leave P.ocl: Jprinvs cn Sunday <, May l,3 aeecqpeniad by Safeby .'.placer F# J# FatorndLl and drive to :'.»ico, Ctch9 ctmyinj at the lse«tOii '.uto Coui'u# ’ .'£.”'J.2-73 T.’ay 5t visit U.S# Puel Caupes^r’o l’ia;.ai’iu Mino5 accc.:ipanied by Jaims ."c?:ir.9 General Sup-.jriiiscr.dcnt. ’IUcsday3 May 63 visit xndepsndoni Cod rjxl Coic Ccdp.my|3 Kcnilisorth illnoa accompanied by ijr.;o Jao’aon9 Guncrintenlo.’it. i;adnQsd.”y<> 7# visit Genova iitcol Ccapaiv^a Itorso Ca/.yon iJoiOj accoopanled 'ey :iparlntc-ident P. V# nicies# Thursday.? 09 return to Reel: Jnrincs by car. Safety Jii^inccr i’ctcvnoll '•.•ill .valeo tho tri? with Posara# - jlldnaon end bdorsan# 7.3 arc arraujinj roll triaioporbatlor. leavin': uo<£: Springs on Friday.) 9a arriving at Chicago on . if Straaoliner reservations ore available# '..’o arc also attcupbin^ to seeur-a roiorvationo via United Air lines fraa Chicago to Cleveland on the morning of H^y 12. Your Mr. Johmon states reaciwations havo been cade at Cleveland Hotel for tho to jcatlcneno ’Je fiosaae that you will havo the hotel raoervution confirmed# Ori-*’3' .. r » ta. «* l,! �080-3 Omaha - May 1, Mr. H. Go Livingston: Confirming phone conversation date Herewith copies of letters from F„ S. Mulock, Vice President, U. S. Fuel Company, and Walter Fo Clarke, Independent Coal & Goke Company, dated April 29, regarding visit of Messrs., Wilkinson and Grierson. I. No Bayless �copy UNITED STATES FUEL COMPANY NEWHOUSE BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH April 29, 1947 Mr. I. N. Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge St. Omaha 2, Nebr. Ref. File 080-3 Dear Mr. Bayless: We have your letter of April 25 relative to Messrs. Wilkinson and Grierson from Australia, and will be very glad to have them visit our mine. Please give us such advance notice of the time they will arrive in Salt Lake as is pos­ sible, so that we can make the necessary arrangements, including such hotel reservations as are necessary. As they are expect­ ing to proceed from here to Cleveland and I assume their program will be rathei' full, I would suggest that they could save time by arranging to take the Denver & Rio Grande Pros­ pector from Price to Denver. This train leaves Price at 8:49 P.M., thus giving them the full day at the mine without the necessity of returning to Salt Lake. We will be glad to arrange the necessary train reservations if they so desire. Yours very truly, /s/ F. S. Mulock Vice President �-copy- INDEPENDENT GOAL & GOKE GO. WALKER BANK BLDG. SALT LAI® CITY, UTAH April 29, 1947 Mr. I. N. Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street Omaha 2, Nebraska Dear Mr. Bayless: With reference to the visit of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grierson from Australia during the first week of May, we shall be happy indeed to have these gentlemen visit the Kenilworth property. When they are ready to make this trip, will you kindly have them contact this office or General Super­ intendent George B. Jackson at the mine? Very sincerely yours, /s/ Walter F. Clarke �W 1, 1947 !&•<> Claude Po I-Ieinor, Vice Pres<> & Gen« Legr0 Utah Fuel Company Judge Building Salt Lake City 11D Utah Copys Nr0 Io No Bayless Dear Mr» Heiners We have copy of your letter of date April 30, 1947 9 concerning Hessrso Wilkinson and Grierson visiting your properties during the week of Nay 4» We wish to thank you for the courtesies extended, hov/evcr wo are advising that it is rather doubtful that the two gentlemen will find sufficient time to visit the Utah Fuel Company mines during the week of Nay 4° Kindest personal regards, Yours very truly, o HCL/rt �UTAH FUEL COMPANY The Calumet Fuel Company General Offices - Judge Building Salt Lake City h, Utah CLAUDE P. HEINER Vice-president and General Manager April 30s 1947 MT. I N Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street Omaha 2, Nebraska o o Dear Mr. Bayless; ' Thank you for your letter of April 25 in which you state that Messrs. Wilkinson and Grierson would like to visit certain of our properties during the early part of May. We will be pleased to extend them any appropriate courtesies, and will wait either for further word from you or from them about the matter. CPH: jo CC: Mr. H. C. Livingston ��080=3 April 25, 1947 / - A■ Mr. P. L. Shields - Vice President United States ^uel Company 1015 Newhouse Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah (cc: Mr. H. G. Llvingston)^_J> Dear Mr. Shields: Messrs. Wilkinson and Grierson from Australia expect to arrive in this country the first week of May, ,r,r^- and would like very much to have the privilege of visit/I s' Ing your mine. Shey expect to spend a few days in Wyoming and Utah, thereafter going to the American Mining Congress meet in Cleveland, May 12 or 13. Sincerely yours, Original Signed I. I J. E "~r* '^c'- Same letter to: Mr. Sam Woodhead - Gen^. MgrL Independent Coal & Coke Co. Walker Bldg. Salt Lake City ■ Mr. Claude P. Heiner - Vice Pres. Utah Fuel Co. Judge Bldg., Salt Lake City �Class of Service This is a full-rate Telc^xam or Cable­ gram 'nlcss its de­ ferred character is in­ dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre** ceding the address. JOSEPH L. EGAN PRESIDENT Th«* filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination KHA91 PD=UD OGDEN UTAH 25 644P :UN ION PACIFIC COAL CO RW= ARRIVE HOTEL UTAH TONIGHT GOING 28TH APRIL WILL YOU KINDLY MAKE ON TO ROCK SPRINGS M0NDAY-. RESERVATIONS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU= WILKINSON AND GRIERSON-. THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE �v .;<1 0W \ ; ■•■'• 1 —* 080-3 April 8, 1947 — " ' •' A X R NAIL Ar, Escington Lewis The Broken Hill Proprietary Coy. Ltd. 422 Little Collins Street Melbourne, C.l, Australia (co; Mr. H, 0. Livingston) Dear Ar. Lewis: b^^ ■•* Acknowledging yours of March 25:. I would suggest that you have your men wire Mr. H. 0. Livingston, Vice President-Operation, Rock Springs, Wyoming, on their arrival in San Francisco, and he, in turn, will wire me here in Omaha. Thea I would suggest they go directly to Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mr. Livingston will be on the look out for then and I will endeavor to meet them in Rock Springs, making up an itinerary. I am suggesting this for the reason that the American Mining Congress meets in Cleveland, Ohio, on May. 12, and if they arrive in Rock Springs the latter pert of April or first of May, it will give then tine enough to go through our sines and then I think they should go to Cleveland for the Mining Congress meet, which will be. four days. They will be able not only to meet practical and technical men of the coal industry, but they will have an opportunity to hear read and discussed both practical and technical papers. They will also be able to view all the modern mining equipment, together with certain improvements which probably have not yet been tried out in coal mines. I expect to attend this Congress meet, and if you will advise, I will make necessary hotel reservations for your men in Cleveland. ’ Sincerely yours Original 2. N. BAYLES; �copy- THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COY. LTD. 422 Little Collins Street Melbourne, C.l, Australia 25th March, 1947 Mr. I. N. Bayless, President The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street OMAHA 2, NEBRASKA U. S. A. Dear Mr. Bayless: I acknowledge and thank you for your letter of the 21st ultimo and do appreciate the sentiments expressed by both yourself and Mr. McAuliffe. It is indeed good of you to offer such ready and full assistance to our two officers, who are now programming to leave Australia by air on 20th April. If it suits your convenience, I will arrange for them to go straight to Omaha after their arrival in San Francisco and they should therefore make contact with you some time dur­ ing the last week of April. I will, of course, ask them to contact you on arrival at San Francisco to confirm their movements. In the concluding paragraph of your letter you asked for certain data concerning our mines, which would enable you to include in their itinerary collieries with conditions some­ what similar to those existing here. As you may know, we are operating three collieries near Newcastle for the production of coking coal and also three collieries on the South Coast, feeding Port Kembla. In addition to the three last mentioned, we are at present developing a fourth colliery and winning coal from a new tunnel of one of our existing collieries. 1 attach a sheet setting out the particulars you asked for and I also attach some notes on our Northern collieries which may prove of general interest to you. I am also arrang­ ing to have some brief notes prepared covering our Southern collieries and these will be forwarded on to you as soon as they become available. At the time of writting you last month I also wrote Mr. Humphrey of the M. A. Hanna Company and the present inten­ tion is that our officers should contact these people at Cleveland after visiting some of your activities. Again many thanks for your ready cooperation in this matter. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, /s/ Essington Lewis �THE BROKEN HILL PTY. GO. LTD. NORTHERN COLLIERIES - NEWCASTLE FIELD Thickness of Seam 5 ft. to 7 ft. Pitch of Seam Variable hut averages 3-4$ Overburden Varies from 200 to 300 feet at shaft Mines are gassy Goal - Hard, Dustiness Mines are damp in places and not over dusty Roof Conditions Fairly good, except in damp places AUSTRALIAN IRON a STEEL LTD. £ OUTERS COLLIERIES Thickness of Seam 6 ft. '60 10 ft. Pitch of Seam Variable but average about 4$ Overburden Varies from 500 to 1,500 ft. Minos are gassy Coal moderately hard No. 1 Seam dusty whilst No, 3 is damp to wet Roof conditions generally good but some areas very bad �“JOHN DARLING11 COLLIER! "John Darling” Colliery is situated at Belmont, 12 miles south of Newcastle on the eoast. Area of the colliery holding is 10,000 acres including land and under sea coal. The area of sea coal is 5,000 acres. The nino employs 580 men. Two vertical shafts, 22 feet in dia., concrete lined, are sunk to the Borehole Seam, the depthto the floor is 878 feet. Nine seams of coal were passed through/two of which are worked the Victoria Tunnel .atc 650’ and the Borehole at 873’. Victoria Seam has a total thickness of 10’ 6” of which 5’ 9” of the bottom portion is mined, the upper part is made up of inferior coal and clay bands. These clay bands swell where there is any damp­ ness and cause roof falls up to 8 feet. At this height the roof is fairly good. All main haulage roads are excavated to the 8’ parting. Above the coal seam the strata is a blue shale. Method of work is bord and pillar. and pillars 17 yards. Width of bords are 8 yards All coal mined in this seam is mechanically cut, bored, loaded and hauled. Heavy track mounted mobile coal cutters undercut the coal for a depth of 8' 0”. The weight of the machine is 9 tons. The H.P. of the driving motor is 50 and this motor is only used for cutting. A 20 H.P. motor is fitted to the machine and drives the tramming gear, and elevating screws for tilting the cutter bar. Bower is A.G. 415 volts, 50 cycle, 3 phase. Each machine has 100 yards of 165/016 4 core flexible trailing cable attached to a reel on the machine, 3 cores are power and 1 earth. The other end is fitted with a plug which fits into anyone of a number of Terminal Boxes fixed to the main armoured cables from the supply source. The time taken,to cut an 8 yard bord 8 feet deep, including sunping in and out, is 25/30 minutes. Shot holes are bored with hand held drilling machines electri­ cally operated on a 125 volt, 3 phase, 50 cycle circuit. A small , transformer, 415 to 125 volts, is carried on the coal cutter. The drilling machine is supplied with power through a 5 core 140/010 flex­ ible cable, 3 cores for power, 1 earth and 1 pilot core for earth leakage protection. Starting and stopping is operated on 32 volt circuit/ The weight of the drilling machine is 45 lbs. Tungsten Carbide Tips are used throughout for drilling, the tips being brought out at each end of the day for regrinding. �- 2 - Mechanical Loaders are heavy track mounted mobile machines weighing 12 -tons. Loaders are electrically operated by a 50 H.P. motor. All slewing and lifting movements are done hydraulically. Gable arrangements are same as Coal Cutter. Loaders can load 6/8 tons per min. when conditions are good. □even shots are fired electrically in each Lord by a certifi­ cated shotflrer. No pillars are being worked at the moment owing to the state laws prohibiting the use of mechanical appliances in pillar extrac­ tion. Locomotives at the face are 11 tons including battery, operated by 2 - 17 H.P. motors driving each axle through one set of gearing. Batteries ax-e lead acid and alkaline and are charged at the end of each working shift. Manual operated brakes apply to each wheel set. Sanding equipment is provided'at each end of the chassis. All batteries are charged and repairs attended to in a fire proof room near the pit bottom, where any gases given off from bat­ teries pass direct into the return airway. Motor Generator Sets for charging batteries are located in a fire proof room adjacent to the charging room. Main line haulage are 3 - 20 tons Trolley Wire Locomotives operating from overhead wire with rail return at a voltage of 250 D.C. The overhead wire is suspended by insulators fixed into the underside of a 511 x 2§“ steel channel, the latter fixed to the roof. On each side of the steel channel are sheet guards fastened to the sides of the channel with bolts and springs which allow the pole to open the guard, the spring closing same after the pole has passed through. 0 The channel and guards are insulated from the roof and is so arranged that should an insulator break down or the 1 channel or guard become energised by any other means up to 25 volts potential, the power is automatically cut off at the switchboard of the Motor Gen­ erator Set. The electrical supply to the trolley wire is from 500 H.P. Motor Generator driven by an A.C. Motor. General repairs to locomotives are done in a fire proof room fitted with a 5'ton crane and necessary tools. All tracks for main line haulage are laid with 60 lb. rails on xjooden sleepers with welded plates across joints for earth con­ tinuity. Water for topping up batteries is distilled underground and located at a point where it can be gravity fed to a battery in any �of the rooms mentioned. Provision is made to change a discharged battery during the shift should it be necessary to do bo. This is done by manually operated gear which pulls the discharged one off concurrently with pulling the charged one on. Spare batteries are kept for this emergenoy. Provision is also made to cut the power off- the overhead wire in the event of the main ventilating fan stopping for any reason, and is accomplished from a hinged plate held in position between the intake and return airway by the suction of the fan. Should the fan stop the hinged plate is so arranged that when it opens it trips a circuit which in turn shut down the generator. Skips used in this seam carry 5 tons of coal and are fitted with drop bottom doors. These discharge into a 75 ton storage bin. The coal is fed out of this bin by chain feeders onto a 421* wide rubber belt 500* centres and discharges into 3 ton skips for hauling to the surface. Water from the mine workings is collected in a dam near the shaft bottom and is pumped to the surface by a 6 stage Centrifugal Pump running 1,500 R’.P.M. and driven by a. 130 H.P. A'.C. Motor. The rising main to the surface is a 6" mild steel pipe. The pump delivers 25,000 gallons of water per hour at a total head from all causes of 710’. Electrically operated pumps deal with water from the workings to shaft bottom. Borehole Seam. The thickness of the seam is 7* 3n. The portion being worked is 5’ 9” and is above the 1’ 0” of inferior coal on ths bottom. The strata above the coal seam is a dark shale up to 2 feet in thickness, and is troublesome in working the coal. It has no supporting properties and invariably falls at the working faces. It varies in thickness from 9” to 2*. Above this is another ohale but fairly strong and sakes a good roof but has to be timbered on main roads. Method of working la bord. and pillar 7 and 18 yards wide respectively. The full dip of both seams is due west with an average gradient of 1 in 24 (nearly 4%) with local gradients up to 1 in 8 (nearly 12/5). i Both seams have vertical cleavage planes or partings at vary­ ing distances from 2 to 4 feet apart and generally bords are driven at right angles to this cleavage line. Faults are common in this seam with displacements up to 6 feet, one exception being where it is 23 feet. �- 4 - Igneous Dykes are met with and are of various thicknesses from 4 to 25 feet, and in one case 100 feet. The coal is ©indered and partially coked on both sides of these dykes. Ml coal from this seam is hand Dined and filled into 25 cwt. skips and hauled by horses from the face to flats where battery locomotives haul to the shaft bottom. Pillar extraction is in operation in this seas, the method of extraction allowing almost complete recovery. tlatex’ from this seam is pumped from the workings to the pit bottom and pumped to the Victoria Seam from where it is punped to the surface by the pump at that seam. Ventilation of both seams is by a 12’ x 6’ Multiblade ®*an capable of producing 500,000 Cub. Ft. of air per min. with a 4!1 water gauge. The output of the fan at present is 380,000 Cub. Ft. of air per min. The drive is electrical by a 500 H.P. Synchro­ nous Motor driving through a hydraulic coupling water coo?-ed. JF/RT 14th' March, 1947 �BURWOOD COLLIER!! Distance from Newcastle 6 miles. Area of Holding (a) Land coal 2,020 acres (b) Sea coal 2,700 acres. Goal Seams worked ■=> Victoria Tunnel and Borehole. Depth vertical from surface to the Victoria Seam 320 and to the Borehole Seam 600, There are three shafts on the property, one of which is used for winding, and a slope drift to the bottom seam. The sectional area of drift is 15 feet wide by 7 feet 6 Inches high. The total length of slops is 2,250 feet which includes a sump at the lower end. The angle of the drift is one in three and a quarter or 30.7$. wive sections of conveyor belt are installed at various centres from 420, 460 feet. The width of belt is 42 inches. Capacity of conveyors is 550 tons per hour. . . H.P, of driving motors 110. o Each belt drive is fitted with Tandem drive through steel gears with chain drive to motor. Each belt is fitted with a Thruster Brake on the Counter Shaft to prevent reverse running when belts are stopped. As the coal is fed out of the bins it passes through a Coal Cracker which reduces the large lump coal to 10 inches. This facilitates blockages at the transfer points. The belts are Installed on one side of the drift leaving room for a transport road for men and materials. All major repairs to underground plant is done on the surface, the plant to be re­ paired is hauled up the slope. Storage bins are provided at each seam from where the coal is fed to the belt conveyors. Capacity of bin at the Victoria Tunnel Seam is 250 tons. !i CI t! !t Borehole Seam is 400 tons. Bins are rectangular, the long axis being at right angles to the conveyor. Skips of 5 and 6 ton capacity are loaded at the face of Victoria and Borehole Seams respectively and unloaded into the bins, through three bottom Goors per skip, the end door of each skip is secured by a locking bar. Victoria Seam is 13 feet 6 Inches, of which the lower 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches is worked, the upper portion is made up of coarse coal and clay bands. On main haulage roads some of the coarse top is removed to give an 8 fest height. Above the coal seam is a blue shale and chert strata. Roof conditions are fairly good excepting places where the overhead strata is damp. In such cases the clay bands swell re­ sulting in broken roof. �- 2 - The floor is a mudstone formation with a fairly good parting at the coal seam floor* Seam dip generally about 1 in 30 in a southwesterly direction, with local gradients as heavy as 1 in 8 or nearly 12$. These con­ ditions are in some cases for and against loads. Bords are 3 yards wide and pillars 14 yards with out-throughs at 44 yard centres. Faults are common up to 19 feet displacement. Dykes of Basalt and Dolerite Rock are met in various parts of the seam and vary up to 30 feet thick excluding cinder coal on either side of same. All coal mined in this seam is out, bored, loaded, and hauled mechanically. Coal Cutters and Loaders are track-mounted and locomotives are battery operated. Boring is done by hand held drilling machines electrically operated and carried on the Goal Cutter. The operating voltage of all face plant is 415 A.C. excepting the boring machine which is 125 volts. AlkxaXrsuXtaxaxgxjSMxiSEEL Xtt&l&xsXKxSftx&xxffi^xxxshkRXxkh&nhxksxl&fixx&lkHx Ml circuits are provided with overloads and earth leakage protection. Provision is made for Trolley Wire 20 ton Locomotives for main road haulage. Tracks on main roads are 60 lbs. and intermediate 45 and 30 at the face. All face tracks are steel sleepers (ties). Minor repairs are done underground and major repairs on the surface. Ventilation of the seam by a high speed axial flow fan electrically driven and delivering 160,000 ou. ft. per minute. Borehole Seam is 11 feet inches thick of which 5 feet 3 inches to 7 feet 6 inches of the upper portion is worked. The immediate roof being splinty coal of about 1 foot thickness. The- strata above the coal, seam is a black shale of some 2’ O'* to 2’ 9" in thickness. Above thia is a strong blue shale and makes on excellent roof for main haulage roads. The dip of the seam, faults and dykes are as described in the Victoria Seas. Goal is mined from under the Baoifio Ocean as well as under land. Width of bords and pillars and centres of cut-through in land �- 3 - voi?k is 6, 12 and 46 yards respectively<, Width of horde and pillars and centres of cut-through in undersea work is 6, 8 and 38 yards respectively. Shis seam is in the transition stage from hand mining to com­ plete mechanisation. Those sections completed have heavy track mounted Coal Cutters, Loaders and LocoEiotlvee. The latter are battery operated. Main roads are 60 lbs. reduced to 45 and 30 lbs. at the faces. All minor repairs are done underground and ma^or repairs on the surface. In other sections cosl is undercut by short trail machines and bored with hand held machines and hand loaded out. This class of raining is being superseded for full mechanisation. Pillar extraction is by hand .methods, the state laws preclude the use of mechanical appliances in same. Ventilation is by a large Centrifugal fan delivering 210,000 cu. ft. per minute fitted with a ?luid Coupling Drive. Coal is brought to the surface by shaft fitted with double deck cages with 1 ton skips being hauled up game, and a slope drift from surface passing through all seams to the Sorehole. The grade of this slope is 1 in 3.25 or 30.7$. JI?/RS? 14th March, 1947 �LAMBTOM COLLIERS Lambton Colliery is situated at Redhead 9 miles south of Mewc^atle on the coast. Area of the colliery holding is 5,396 acres Including land and under sea coal. Two shafts were sunk to the Borehole Seam. Several seams were passed through, two of which have been worked, the Victoria Tunnel and Borehole at depths from the surface 200° and 435° respec­ tively. Mining is confined to the upper seam only, called the Victoria Seam. The total thickness of the Victoria Tunnel Seam is 14" of which 5° 9!1 is the working section. The total thickness of the Borehole Seam is GB 9” of which 5' 5E! is the working section. Method of working is bord and pillar, with bords 8 yards wide and pillars 12 yards wide. The seam has a full dip of 1 in 30 (nearly 3$) in a N. 80° VJ. direction with local gradients up to 1 in 8 (nearly 12/0 . The seam has vertical cleavage planes or partings at vary­ ing distances from 1 to 2-1/2 feet. Bords are driven at right angles to these cleavage planes. The unworked portion of the seam is made up of Inferior coal and clay bands, and in some sections roof water is encountered causing the ©lay bands to swell and roof troubles result. In some cases falls take place to the full height of the seam. The roof above the coal is a mudstone and will not stand without supports. Faults are common with displacements up to 8’ 0". Igneous Dykes are met with at times of varying thicknesses. These dykes are of a Basalt and Dolerite Stone. The coal is cindered and partially coked on either sides of these dykes. All coal is cut by heavy track mounted mobile coal cutting machines operating on 3’ 6“ gauge track and weighing 9 tons. Machines are operated by electric motors of flame proof type 50 H.P. and 20 H.P. 415 volts, 3 phase, 50 cycle, size of trailing cable 117/018, flexible 4 core, 3 power cores and 1 earth. Goal Borer is carried on the Goal Cutter and operates on 125 volt circuit. A small transformer is carried on the cutter from where the voltage is transformed from 415 to 125, 3 phase, 50 cycle. The flexible cable used on the borer is tough rubber flexible cable of 5 cores, 3 power cores, 1 earth and 1 pilot core for leakage protection. The boring machine Is hand held and bores 8 holes for each 8 yd. wide working place, 32 volts on boring machine for starting �- 2 - and stopping. Mechanical Loaders are track mounted mobile machines operated by two 15 H.P. motors, one operates the gathering end, the other the discharge end, same power and cables as used on Coal Gutters. The total weight of machine is 8 tons. Maximum loading is 4 tons per minute. Locomotives at the face are battery operated, weighing 11 tons with.battery. Locomotives are operated by 2 = 17 H.P. D.G. Motors, one driving each wheel set through steel gears. Manual operated brakes apply to each set of wheels. Sanding equipment is provided on each end of chassis. All batteries are charged mid repairs attended to in a fireproof room near the pit bottom where any gases given off from batteries pace direct into the main return oixway. Motor Generator Sets for charging batteries are located in a fireproof room adjacent to the charging station. Main line haulage are 2-20 ton Trolley Wire Locomotives operating from overhead wire with rail return at a voltage of 250 D.C. The overhead wire is suspended by insulators fixed into the under side of a 5 x 2-1/2° steel channel fixed to the roof. On each side of the steel channel are sheet guards fastened to the sides of the channel with bolts and springs which allow the pole to open the guard, the spring closing sane after the pole has passed through. The channel and sheet guards are insulated from the roof and is go arranged that should an Insulator breakdown or the channel or guard become energised by another means up to 25 volts potential, the power 1g automatically cut off at the switch board of the motor generator set. The motor generator set supplying power to the Trolley Wire Locomotive is 500 H.P. Ml tracks on main lines are 60 lb. to the yard rails, the fishplates are welded throughout for earth continuity. Water is distilled underground electrically for topping up batteries. & small air compressor electrically operated is installed near the charging station for cleaning batteries. Racks for changing batteries during the shift are provided at the charging station. Provision is made at the brick stopping between the intake and return airway at the end of the charging room to automatically cut the poirei’ off the overhead wire in the event of the main ventilat­ ing fan stopping from any cause. This is accomplished by making a �small hole in. the brick stopping between the intake and return, and. fitting a hinged plate over the hole. The suction on the •plate pulls the plate over the hole when the auction ceases (which Eleans the fan has stopped), the hinged flap is arranged that it falls open and makes contact with a circuit that in turn opens the main switch on the generator. Ventilation: Two ventilation fans are located on the surface, the first a 72" Sirroco double inlet delivering 100,000 cubic feet per nin. and driven by a 180 H.P. 415 volts, 3 phase, 50 cycle. Motor drive to fan is by 15 V. Belts. The second fan is a 30" double inlet and delivers 50,000 cubic feet per min. and driven by a 80 H.P. Motor 415 volts, 3 phase, 50 cycle. Motor drive to fan is 14" flat endless belt. Major repairs to cutters and loaders and retiring of loco wheels are done on the surface. Electric head lamps of the Edison "J" type are used throughout the mine and are charged and repaired at the surface. JF/RT 13-3-47 �NO. 2 �April 25 p 1%'7 Mr. Io McLennan The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. 122 Little Collins Street Melbourne, Australia P. 0. Box 86 A Dear Mr. McLennan: I was more than pleased to receive your letter of April 15th informing us of the proposed visit of your coal mine people, Messrs. HeyxTOod-A’ilkinson and Grierson to the Hock Springs coal fields in the near future. Me will endeavor to give them the inform­ ation they desire about our mining methods that are being used here. Trusting that you are enjoying your new work at your mine office in Melbourne, as I am sure you will find plenty of work to keep you busy, with kindest regards and best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Original Signed; V. 0. MURRAY V. 0. MURRAY. VOM/pb �TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS- “Hematite” Melbourne TELEPHONES : M.U.8OO1 | (IO LINES) ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD EE ADDRESSED TO THE ; Company • P.O. Box 36 a Your Ref. Our Ref. IMcL:LJT. 15th April,!9U7 Mr. V. 0. Murray, The Union Pacific Coal Co., ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING. Dear Mr. Murray, I was very pleased indeed to get your letter of warch 19th, and to know that you safely received the December issue of the"B.H. P. Review". We have arranged for this journal to go forward to you regularly now, and I feel sure you will find it of some interest and remind you of your friends down here. You may have already heard that two of our coal mining people, uessrs. Heywood-Wilkinson and Grierson are shortly leaving for U.S.A., and I know that it has been arranged with Mr. Bayless that they call at Rock Springs. I do hope they have the pleasure of meeting you, and I am quite certain that they will be most interested in all you are doing. As you will see by the address at the head of this letter, I have recently been transferred to our head office in Melbourne where I am finding plenty to keep me busy. With my kindest regards to you and all the other friends I made in my short visit to Rock Springs. Yours sincerely, P.S. Would you please remember me very kindly to mr. Livingston. �March 19, 1947 Mr. I. M. McLennan, Esq. Iron & Steel f.'orks Newcastle % Broken Hill Proprietary Co.., Ltd. MeIbourne , Australia Dear Mr. McLennans I have received a copy of your Decenberp 1946 issue of the ”BHP Review” which is indeed most interesting. I have noticed that you returned safely to Australia last September 26 and also remember quite distinctly the short visit you paid The Union Pacific Coal Company while visiting the United States of America. With kindest regards and best wishes, I remain s Very truly yours, C i rin»l Sigi «d; V. X MURRAY VOM/pb ��1/ August 27, 1946 Mr. Ian M. McLennan c/o J. F. Jobson American Representative Room 1016 1011 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dear Mr. McLennan: ”'e are happy to have your letter of date August 17, 1946 and assure you that your visit was welcome end most enjoyable. ?fe shall be happy to remember you to the rest of the organization and invite you to drop in on us at your pleasure. »e shell keep in mind your kind invitation to visit Australia, this depending upon my proposed flying experience during the month of September. If same proves successful, we might surprise you with a visit. Kindest wishes. Cordially yours, Original Sl«ne^’ . H. G. LWINGSION HCL:DaP �'alia,. Registered office 422 Little Collins Street Melbourne c. 1. AUG 2 5 1946 AUSTRALIA. ----- ... Vi£S PHEsik. OPERAtink, ' c/o Jo Fo Jobson American Representative Room 1016 1011 Chestnut Street Philadelphia j, Pa. August 17, 1946o / Mr. Ho Go Livingston Vice-President Union Pacific Goal Co. Rock Springs, (groining« Dear Mr. Livingston? Now that I am back in New fork, I am writing you this short note to tell you how much I did appreciate all your kindness and help to me at Rock SpringSo I did so much enjoy meeting you, Mr. Murray, and your other officers, and I came away full of admiration for your developments in the coal bearing areas of Wyoming. I do hope that one day you will fulfil your threat and come and see us in Australia. Even if you don’t do that I hope that you will feel free to write to me on any subject at all where you think we could be of any help to you. It could be that some things we do may be of interest because many of our conditions are so similar to yours. We had a splendid trip from Rock Springs to Salt Lake City despite the fact that we were held up for a few hours by stones across the road brought down by a cloud-bursti Mr. Orme was indeed a very gooddriver and companion for the trip. Would you be good enough to remember me very kindly to Mr. Murray and to your other officers whom I met. With kindest regards. Yours sincerely, Ian M. McLennan IMHcL/mh ��Form 2191 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed M TELEGRAM 3 GR MI CT OMAHA NF AU£ 11 1946 HOL SG MR C Y SYME AND I M MCLENNAN ARRIVE TRAIN 3 MONDAY 12TH TOLLMAN CAR 30 PLEASE ARRANGE RESERVATIONS PARK HOTEL AND HAVE SOME ONE MEET THEM E'TQA 1223 . M-33 �June 29,0 --r. Ian M. McLennan c/o David Baker, Jr. 1011 Chestnut Street Phi1adelph1a, ?ennsy 1vania (co; Mr. H. 0. Livingston) Dear Mr. McLennan; I have yours of June 25. and the management of The Union Pacific Coal Company; Mr. I. N. Baylees, President, Omaha; Mr. H. C. Livingston, Vice President-Operation; Mr. V. 0. .Murray, General Manaver; and Mr. I. M. Charles, Chief Engineer; will be delighted to meet you and Mr. Syme, showing you all courtesies possible, Including the inspection of any of our mines, power plants, villages, etc. With respect to your suggestion that you stop off at Omaha: I would be most delighted to'have you do so, but as your time seems to be short, may I offer a substitute suggestion? I would recommend that you go through to* Rock Springs, Wyoming, and if you will get in touch with Mr. H. L. Lauby, Eastern Traffic Manager, Union Pacific Railroad, Suite 350 Rockefeller Center (625 Fifth Avenue) New York City, or Mr. C. H. Saltmarsh, General Agent, same location, they will work out a schedule for you from New York to Rock Springs. If you prefer to deal with our representative at Philadelphia, call on Mr. Morton Mann, General Agent, 904 Girard Trust Building, Broad Street and South Penn Square; or if you are in Washington, Mr. H. B. Blanchard, Washington Representative, 600 Shoreham Building, 15th and H Streets, N.M. Any of these men will work out schedules from New York, Washington or Philadelphia to Rock Springs, and our train Mo. 3, known as the Transcon, carries through sleepers from both New York and Washington, via the New York Central from Hew York only, ©nd via the Pennsylvania Railroad ifrom New York and Washington, to Rock Springs. On your arrival at Rock Springs, or if you could give • me advance notice after checking with any of the railroad agents above mentioned, we would attempt to negotiate transportation by plane from either Rock Springs (which, however, is restricted �- 2 - to one plane dally), or preferably from Salt Lake City (within easy driving distance of Rock Springs), or Cheyenne, In other words, we would try to get you back by plane or possibly by one of our streamliners from Rook Springs to Chicago, with con­ nection to New York City. If you stopped over in Omaha Monday, August 12, very little would be gained except to meet a few of our Omaha people; no coal mines located in the State of Nebraska. On the other hand, I think we can do’ the honors in Rook Springs equally tzell, coupling the work of gathering information with an exchange of ideas, perhaps driving over to Salt Lake City for a look at that most interesting city, where a number of coal men are located. kindly write me further on the suggestions outlined, and be assured that you will be most welcome to Omaha, and our Wyoming properties. Mr. Bayless, whose office adjoins mine, will be very anxious to meet you, as will Messrs. Livingston and Murray at Rock Springs. When you write Mr. Lewis, please give him my compil­ mentis. 'd ord1ally yo urs, Original �LlOo 1 �October 16, 1945 Hr. David Baker, Jr, 1011 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dear Sir; This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 13th. We shall be happy to have the officers of the Australian Iron & Steel Ltd. visit our properties here5 however, we do no washing of coal. Our coal mining and preparation is for locomotive and auxiliary fuel. Suggest we be advised a few days ahead of the arrival of these gentlemen in order that reservations may be made. Very truly yours, INB:DAT �’'.a/w /rTr/i/iatie 7/a/>ia7437fi 77aM> S>i7/</feM ^/u/twTeftAta/, October 13, 1945. The Union Pacific Coal Co Rock Springs, Wyo. Att. Mr. Eugene McAuliffe. Gentlemen: My clients Australian Iron & Steel Ltd. advise me that two of their officers Messrs. C.W. Miller, Executive Officer and H.S.Hufton, Research Officer anticipate arriving for a visit next week and desire to see your company in the interest of coal handling and washing. Please advise if a War Department Permit is necessary. Yours very truly DBJr.sw � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Regarding a Visit from Australia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Oct 1945, Aug 1946, May 1947, Aug 1950 Subject The topic of the resource Mine Visits, Australia, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 Description An account of the resource Letters regarding visits from Australia. All documents are held together by a brass pin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource I.N. Bayless, N.E. Jones, V.O. Murray, I.M. Charles, H.C. Livingston, F.S. Mulock, Walter F. Clarke, Essington Lewis, Ian M. McKennan, Eugene McAuliffe, David Baker Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0323 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.