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Conference Paper

Author
Hutton, Adrian; Knapman, Leonie
Title
Mining of Oil Shale at Joadja Creek and Glen Davis
In
9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 181-186
ISBN/ISSN
1858256843
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.547287039009016
Abstract

The oil shale operations at Joadja Creek and Glen Davis were two of Australia's most successful. Mining at Joadja Creek commenced in 1873 and continued for almost 30 years before closure of the operations in 1905. Attempts to reopen the mines after this time resulted in only minimal activity. Joadja Creek was well on the way to becoming the heritage site it is today. At Glen Davis, the major period of mining commenced in 1938 and continued until 1952. Earliest mining at Joadja Creek was essentially 'pick and shovel' with near horizontal adits driven into the side of the hills. Later, when mining operations were under the auspices of the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company, operations were more systematic and mechanised; small drives were taken off the main adits at approximately 60 A (18.3 intervals). Later, the air-operated Gartsherrie cutter was used to undercut the thin sections of the oil shale thus facilitating extraction. At Glen Davis, mining followed the same style as coal mining - mechanised bord and pillar with later extraction of the pillars.

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