| 4. |  David CAMPBELL was born about 1852 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of David CAMPBELL and Catherine PATON); died on 5 Jan 1932 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 6 Jan 1932 in North Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Mine manager
- _FGRAVE: 160444407
- Census: 1861, Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Census: 1871, Skinflats, Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Census: 1881, Airth, Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Emigration: 5 Oct 1883, Arrived in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia aboard Southesk
- Residence: 1893, Whitwood, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Residence: 1903, Mammoth Mine, Jellinbah (near Bluff, Central Queensland, Aust)
- Residence: 1908, Bluff, Queensland, Australia
- Residence: 1919, Bluff, Queensland, Australia
- Residence: 1930, Bluff, Queensland, Australia
Notes:
David Campbell was a key figure in the rescue efforts after the Eclipse mine disaster at Ipswich in 1893. He had been working at Whitwood Colliery at Dinmore and had just been employed at the Eclipse mine when the disaster occurred.
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Birth:
From second marriage cert. No birth found in official records.
Occupation:
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND COAL.
Mr R.D.Graham, a former well-known Ipswich resident, who was interested in some of the coal mines in West Moreton, was in Ipswich yesterday, says the "Queensland Times," of the 17th instant.
He is at present engaged in developing the. coal measures in Central Queensland, and, in course of conversation with a representative of this journal, gave some interesting information on this subject. There are two distinct districts being opened up along the railway which runs from Rockhampton to Longreach-one in the basin of the Mackenzie River, the other in the basin of the Dawson River.
Mr. Graham is now principally interested in The Bluff Colliery, which belongs to the Mackenzie series. The Bluff Colliery is about 109 miles from Rockhampton, and half-a-mile from the Central Railway, with which it is connected by a branch line. The coal there belongs to a lower strata, and is of greater age than the Ipswich coal. It is known as semi-anthracite coal, being much hardier than the Ipswich product, and bearing transhipment well. An analysis shows that the fixed carbon in it is about seventy-eight per cent, and the volatile hydrocarbon about twelve per cent, the balance being ash. The seam has an average height of 5 ft. 6in., with a 7 in. band of splint coal. The coal is won by means of a tunnel or underlie shaft, which has now reached a distance of 250 yards from the surface. The colliery is still almost in its infancy, having been sending out coal for a period of only about two yours. Progress has, however, been continuous, and the present output is over 900 tons per month. The commodity is sold to the Mount Morgan mines, to the railway authorities, and to Rockhampton consumers. The coal is practically smokeless. A report from the British Admiralty authorities, who made tests, stated that the amount of smoke was scarcely perceptible.
There are now over 100 men, women, and children dependent on the colliery. About forty miners are employed, in addition to men engaged in timbering and other work. There are two stores in the locality. Mr. Graham says that the miners appear to be a contented and well to-do class, their work being constant and their pay higher than anywhere else in Australia. A provisional school is being erected, and other enterprises on the social side are expected to eventuate in the near future. Mr Graham has come down to engage men for a second shift, as further development is to be carried on at the mine. He can do with a dozen men or more, and most of these have already been secured. There are already a number of Ipswich men among those employed at the pit, the remainder being mostly from the Burrum or Newcastle districts. The underground manager, who has charge of the mine during Mr. Graham's absence, is Mr. D. Campbell, a one-time resident of Dinmore (who formed one of the rescue party in connection with the disaster at the Tivoli mines some years ago). The Bluff is the only colliery now in active operation in Central Queensland.
The other coal properties in the Mackenzie districts are the Mammoth and the Columba. The Mammoth was prospected by Mr. Graham for an Adelaide company. Veins of remarkable size and value were discovered. One seam was found to be 24 ft. thick, with only one band of stone about an inch in width, while at another place a 20 ft. seam was found without single band of stone. Thirty-two tons were sent to the railway for testing purposes, and gave results better than the English standard. The Mammoth enterprise has, unfortunately gone into liquidation. The Columba properly adjoins The Bluff. The ground was opened up on what is regarded as the same seam as The Bluff, but further away from the area of faults, and a report shows a superior prospect. This company who commenced operations on this land is, however, now working twenty miles nearer Rockhampton than The Bluff. A seam was also opened by the Pearl Creek Company; but it proved to be a small one, the coal standing at a high inclined angle.
There Dawson fields were opened by two companies - the Dunstan and the Dawson. Both of these sent coal to the Admiralty authorities for trial experiments. The Dawson Company's country has recently been taken over by the Premier (the Hon. W. Kidston) on behalf of the state, and the shaft has been continued to a depth of 200 odd feet. Two hundred tons of coal have been brought to the surface and is awaiting carriage to port to be tried by the Admiralty.
"I omitted to say," concluded Mr. Graham, "that we are preparing to make coke from the coal The Bluff. We supplied Mount Morgan with eight tons of coke, and the manager. Captain G. A. Richard, states that it is a grand flux."
Altogether, Mr. Graham speaks in a most sanguine manner regarding the development of the coalfields in Central Queensland.
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND COAL. (1907, January 22). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53088249
Census:
1861 census for Smith's House, Bothkennar:
Marion Paton, head, widow, aged 70, born Logie, Stirling
Alexander Paton, son, aged 31, coal miner, born St Ninians, Stirling
Mary Campbell, granddaughter, aged 11, lint dressers' daughter
David Campbell, grandson, aged 9, scholar, born Glasgow, Lanark.
Census:
1871 census for Skinflats, Bothkennar: No 18:
Marion Patton head widow aged 80 pauper born Logie, Stirling
David Campbell grandson unmarried aged 18 coalminer born Glasgow, Lanark
Janet Burton boarder unmarried aged 48 born Bothkennar, Stirling
Catherine Patton, grandchild aged 2 born Bothkennar, Stirling
Census:
1881 census for Airth, Stirling, Scotland Ref No 302185: Dwelling: Path.
Alexander Campbell, son, aged 1, born Linlithgow, Scotland
David Campbell, son, aged 3, born Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland
David Campbell, head, married, aged 29, vanman (baker's), born Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Hellen Campbel, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland
Mary Campbell, wife, aged 24, vanman's wife, born Grangemouth, Stirling, Scotland
Died:
Queensland Death Certificate No 1932/00743: 1932/000743 000008. David Campbell, mine manager, male aged 80 years, general hospital, Rockhampton. Born Glasgow, Scotland. Lived Queensland about 50 years. Parents David Campbell flax spinner and Catherine Patterson (incorrect as her surname was Paton). Marriages: 1: Scotland to Mary Rutherford (incorrect to Mary Campbell). 2: Australia to 31 years to Christina Abel. Children: By 1: Helen Rutherford aged 56, Alexander aged 50, 2 males and 1 female deceased. By 2: Jane aged 46, 2 males and 2 females deceased. Cause: Carcinoma of bowel, cardiac failure. Dr Angus D. Buchanan 5 January 1932. Burial, 6 January 1932, North Rockhampton Cemetery. Certified by W.W. Lutton, minister Charles E. Lutton, Baptist. Witnesses: T. W. Cook, W.G.Muller. Informant: H.R.Nunn, daughter, Kent St off Cambridge St, Rockhampton and D.Ross, Clerk, Rockhampton Hospital.
David married Mary CAMPBELL on 10 Aug 1874 in Skinflats, Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland, UK. Mary (daughter of Alexander CAMPBELL and Helen RUTHERFORD) was born on 18 Sep 1856 in Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland, UK; died on 18 Oct 1883 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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