Treaman Colliery

Aberdare, Cynon Valley

Probably opened in 1853 by David Williams and sold in 1866 to the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company Limited. In 1896 it employed 261 men underground and 32 men on the surface with the manager being Benjamin Lewis. In 1907 it employed 289 men and in 1908 Mr. Lewis was still the manager and it employed 176 men underground and 23 men on the surface. Following the 1910 strike in the Aberdare Valley the men returned to work after six weeks, only to be told that Treaman was unremunerative and that it would close. It was merged into Aberaman Colliery in 1911. This pit was dismantled in 1921.

Some of the fatalities at this mine:

• 1/11/1887, David Prosser, aged 40, collier, fall of roof.
• 27/11/1888, Robert D. Thomas, aged 15, collier boy, fall of roof.
• 28/8/1890, Morris Evans, aged 25, collier, fall of roof.
• 12/8/1891, George Nudd, aged 13, collier boy, fall of roof.
• 31/12/1895, Thomas Henebury, aged 45, hitcher, crushed by shaft cage.
• 10/9/1896, Henry Sayce, aged 22, rider, run over by trams.
• 11/3/1897, John King, aged 33, pitman, fell down shaft.
• 6/3/1899, David Davies, aged 31, collier, fall of roof.
• 7/4/1899, Eden Rees, aged 37, collier, fall of roof.

Some statistics:

• 1889: Output: 51,577 tons.
• 1894: Output: 67,841 tons.
• 1896: Manpower: 293.
• 1899: Manpower: 266.
• 1900: Manpower: 235.
• 1901: Manpower: 287.
• 1902: Manpower: 225.
• 1905: Manpower: 263.
• 1907: Manpower: 289.
• 1908: Manpower: 199.
• 1909: Manpower: 199.
• 1910: Manpower: 180.
• 1911: Manpower: 184.

Information supplied by Ray Lawrence and used here with his permission