Black Billy Head Mine

Comments:

The coal mine under Black Billy Head probably operated in the early 1900s.

Fill behind a stone retaining wall provided a level working area outside the adits. Coal was tipped into a chute to roll down the hill to the roadway where it could be loaded for transport.

Coal was brought from the adits via skips to a tipping platform. Skips would be placed on the platform, locked in place & emptied into the chute.

The roadway, the retaining wall, the tipping platform & a hinge, a water tank as well as much of the chute can still be seen at the mine site.

Maps:

Gangerang (Dunphy)
Jenolan 8930-3N

Grid Reference:

449 605

Altitude:

850 metres

Class:

Mining Relics

Location:

Blue Mountains National Park (NSW)

Parish:

Megalong

County:

Cook