Born West Calder, Scotland. Worked as coal miner, deputy, trucker in both Scottish and New Zealand mines. Mine Deputy at Rotowaro and Alison Mines 1946-1966.
Mackie, David Waldrop, 1900-
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Interview with David Mackie
Date: 25 Feb 1992
From: Huntly Coalfields oral history project
By: Mackie, David Waldrop, 1900-
Reference: OHInt-0020/05
Description: David Mackie recalls the miners' homestead; mining in Scotland; Scottish mobile cutters; Pukemiro in the 1920s; mining lights (lamps) in the 1920s; mining clothing; accidents in Scottish mines during World War II; the Glen Afton disaster of 1939; fire fighting; using dummy jigs (before conveyor belts and mechanical cutters); the different poisonous gases and dust in the mine; training to be a deputy and mine rescuer (Edinburgh Mining College); deputies as providers of first aid; compares mine rescue stations at Rotowaro and Scottish mines; glenie lamps and canaries; Scottish mining (sink mining); using fire for ventilation; pioneer versus modern mining. Describes the Huntly Working Mens Club; mining in Scotland as a boy; morning tea at Rotowaro mine; pit ponies; Shetland ponies in Scotland; endless ropes and conveyor belts; truckers' job; Australian mines during the depression (1930s); relations between miners and deputies; Rotowaro after World War II; process of firing the shot; testing for gas; underviewers and managers; local Maori; the 'sunburnt Scotsman'; transport; sports clubs at Rotowaro; fishing at Te Akau; shopping in Huntly in 1924; union action at Scargill; 'brushing' the roof; the modern mine at Glen Afton. Venue - Hamilton Interviewer(s) - Jamie Mackay Venue - Flat 10, 211 River Road, Hamilton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004392 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 725 - also contains excerpts of tape transcripts.