Heddon Greta (closed after a fire and then flooding, 1912) Stanford Merthyr No.1, Kurri Kurri (1901, East Greta Coal Mining Co, later J & A Brown etc. Major mine, closed 1960s) Pelaw Main, Kurri Kurri, (Dec 1901, J & A Brown closed 1960s) Richmond Main, near Kurri Kurri (1890, John Scholey syndicate, later J & A Brown, highest daily production in New South Wales; closed 1967) Hebburn No.1, Weston, (1903, A.A.Co., then Hebburn Coal Co., 1958) Hebburn No.2, S of Weston, (1918, Hebburn Coal Co., from 1967 J & A Brown) Hebburn No.3 or Elrington, near Abernethy, (1924, Hebburn Coal Co., later BHP Co.Ltd.,1962) Greta Main, Weston, (1922, E S & B Jefferies, 1935, flooded) Abermain No.1 (Abermain Collieries Ltd.,1960) Abermain No.2, Kearsley, (first mechanised pit in the area)(1912, Abermain Collieries Ltd., 1964) Abermain No.3, Neath, (1923, Abermain & Seaham Collieries Ltd., 1960) Neath (1906, Wickham & Bullock Island Coal Mining Co., from 1933 Cessnock Collieries Ltd., 1961) Aberdare (Aberdare Collieries Co. Ltd., till 1905 then Caledonian Collieries Ltd., 1960)(from 1946, open-cut) Aberdare South (or Abernethy Main) (1917, Caledonian Collieries Ltd., by 1940) Aberdare Central, Kitchener, (1917, Caledonian Collieries Ltd., c1960) Aberdare Extended, Cessnock, (1906, Caledonian Collieries Ltd, 1963) Hill End Colliery, owned by the Hill End Colliery Company, when it closed in 1931. Cessnock No.1 (Kalingo Colliery) (1927, Wickham & Bullock Island Coal Mining Co., from 1933 Cessnock Collieries Ltd., 1964) Cessnock No.2 (1917, Wickham & Bullock Island Coal Mining Co., from 1933 Cessnock Collieries Ltd., 1955) Bellbird, south of Cessnock, (1908, Hetton Coal Mining Co.) Pelton (1916, Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Co.) Stanford Main No.2, Paxton, SW of Cessnock, the most southerly of the South Maitland coalfields' mines (1922, East Greta Coal Mining Co; 1934 J & A Brown etc., 1961) Maitland Main (from 1929) SW of Cessnock (1921 as Greta Main Colliery) Millfield Greta, SW of Cessnock (1924, Millfield Greta Coal Co., later RW Miller) References Eardley, Gifford H., The Railways of the South Maitland Coalfields, published by the Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW Division, Sydney, 1969, National Library of Australia Catalogue number AUS 69-2539 Coal companies of Australia Geography of New South Wales Maitland, New South Wales Geology of New South Wales Coal mining in New South Wales