Dear Rick,Bernard and freinds.
Many thanks for your info, and advice, on my request for info on the old
kibble flat or bogie name.
Take Care.
Roger B Bradford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Stewart, Morwellham Quay Mine Manager"
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Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Kibble Trolley
> I've always referred to them as "flats" simple as that. I very much doubt
> that there would be a wagon specifically used for moving a kibble - flats
> are so useful that they are used for a multiplicity of jobs.
>
> In the last few days I have used the same flat to shift building
> materials,
> timber, drums of water, plant and tools and also for man riding- flats are
> versatile bits of kit.
>
> Rick Stewart
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Baden Bradford" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:56 AM
> Subject: Kibble Trolley
>
>
> Friends
> Can you please help me- Do you know what the name of the Flat-Bed Trolley
> is, that the Cornish Miners used to wheel the kibble from the shaft to the
> tip- it shows in photo's of the Burra Burra Copper Mine in the 1870's!!!!
> In the Burra photo's the small flat-bed truck is shown parked on the rough
> raised tramway.
> I am referring to the shaft,and whim , before any automatic system was
> fitted to empty the kibble.
> Hope some one knows.
> Take Care.
> Roger B Bradford, Of Elizabeth, South Australia
>
>
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