Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery

New South Wales, Australia

Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery, also known as Paxton Colliery, was a coal mine located at Paxton, New South Wales, Australia. The mine was named Stanford Merthyr No. 2 until 1 May 1931. The mine was started in the 1920s, by the East Greta Coal Mining Company. The Greta coal seam has been mined using bord and pillar mining methods. Coal was transported from the mine via the Paxton Branch of the South Maitland Railway. The following is a description of a different coal mine, Stanford Merthyr at Kurri Kurri. It is about 25 kilometres away from Stanford Main, which was at Paxton, near Cessnock.

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