ABERAVON COLLIERY
Aberavon, Port Talbot
This small drift was owned by the Aberavon Colliery Company of Neath in 1902 and employed six men in that year. In 1903 it was owned by David Davies and employed 21 men ‘opening.’ It attempted to work the Rock Fawr (No.2 Rhondda) seam and was abandoned in August 1905 due to the disturbed strata in that seam.
ABER RHONDDA COLLIERY
Tonmawr 791961.
This level was worked for house coal by the Aber-Rhondda Colliery Co.Ltd. It was owned in 1883 by the
Aber-rhondda Coal Company and managed by Thomas Oakley. It then disappears until being shown on a map of the Coalfield dated 1921. In 1922 it employed 13 men working the Glyn Gwilym seam while in 1923 when it was still owned by the Aber-Rhondda Colliery Company and employed 12 men. It abandoned the Wenallt Rider seam in May 1927.
AFON RHONDDA COLLIERY
Afan Valley
This was a small level that worked the Wernypistyll seam until it was abandoned in 1928. It was owned by the Afon Rhondda Colliery Company of Port Talbot and managed by D. Reece in 1927/8 when it employed 34 men.
AVON MERTHYR COLLIERY
Afan Valley
This obscure little mine employed 72 men in 1899, 78 men in 1900 and 56 men in 1901 when it was owned by the Avon Merthyr Colliery Company. In 1902 it employed 75 men, in 1903 it was owned by David Williams of Cardiff and employed 60 men working the Mountain seam with Henry Walters the manager. Please see Marine.
AVON MOUTH COLLIERY
Afan Valley
This was another small level that appears to have been opened on the 2nd of April 1900 and employed 56 men in that year, 55 men in 1901 and 103 men in 1902. In 1903 it employed 118 men working the Wernddu Rider with W.H. Plummer as the manager. It was listed as not working in 1905.
It was owned by the Avonmouth Colliery Company. Please see Corrwg Vale.
AVON VALE COLLIERY
Cymmer, 844978.
This was another of the small levels that littered this valley. It worked the Wenallt Rider seam by the long wall method of coal extraction using naked lamps, ventilation was by natural means.
The Western Mail reported on the 27th of March 1890, that after being abandoned for a number of years it had been purchased by Messrs. Plummer and Sons. The paper also claimed that “During the period that it was in operation it was one of the best concerns in the locality with regards to money earned by workmen and the character of the vein, the coal which it produces being among the best in the market.”
It was closed when this seam was exhausted in January 1897.
BLAEN BAGLAN COLLIERY
Baglan, Port Talbot (762921)
This mine worked the Finery seam around 1879 under the Earl of Jersey’s lands. Possibly the same mine as Baglan.
BLAENGWYNFI COLLIERY
Abergwynfi, Afan Valley
This was a small level that was owned by the Glyncorrwg Colliery Company in 1917. This company was a member of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association.
BLAENCAERAU COLLIERY
Afan Valley (87469493)
This was a small level that extensively worked the No.2 Rhondda seam at a thickness of 34 inches. It was owned by the Glenavon Garw Colliery Company of Cymmer and probably closed in 1874.
BROMBIL LEVELS
Taibach 788898.
The earlier levels of this name were opened in c1780 by the English Copper Company to supply their works at Taibach. This company opened up another level in 1814 that eventually linked up with the Goytre Colliery.
Ownership was transferred to Vivian and Sons in 1838 who increased production to 500 tons a week. Listed in 1869 but not listed as working in 1878. It was abandoned in 1883. One of the seams that worked was the No.2 Rhondda or Rock Fawr, which was also called the Malthouse in this area. It had a thickness of 48 inches.
BWLCH COLLIERY
Cwmavan, 770933
This was a small level that was owned by the Bwlch Colliery Company of Neath who employed 32 men underground and a large 25 men at the surface of the mine producing 15,000 tons of coal in 1923. The manager was Jenkin Thomas.
The last listing that we have for it is in 1927 when it employed 50 men.
Some statistics:
1911: Manpower: 95.
1922: Manpower: 50.
1923: Manpower: 57.
1924: Manpower: 59.
1926/7: Manpower: 50.
CORNISH PIT
This mine was known in Welsh as Pwll y Cornish, it was also called Meadow Pit. It was sunk on flat land between the Foel and Ynys y Gwas mountains.
Although sinking was started in 1838 with Cornish contractors a dispute with the owner J. Vigurs caused them to walk off the job. The sinking was then completed in 1840 to a depth of 480 feet.
It was still working in June 1879 when the winding rope broke and plunged six men down the shaft to their deaths. They were; Evan Parker, William Lewis, Thomas Jones, David Williams, Hugh Bennett and Ben Robin.
It was part of the Cwmavon series of mines.
CORRWG FACH LEVEL
Glyncorrwg 877997.
This small level was opened in 1922 into the Glyngwilym seam by Thomas and Williams, it employed about 2 men and closed in 1924.
CORRWG FECHAN COLLIERY
Afan Valley 886005.
This level was owned by the Corrwg Fechan Colliery Company from its opening in 1874 until1887 when it was managed by H.H. Young. The New Corrwg Fechan owned by the New Corrwg Fechan Coal Co is then listed until 1889, employing 40 men in 1888. In 1889 Leach, Flower and Company worked this mine but gave up by 1890.
It was bedevilled with faulty ground to the immediate north-east and the Neath Trough of geological disturbances to the north and west.
CWMBACH COLLIERY
Tonmawr 818981.
This was a small level that was opened by D.J. Heycock in 1926 and in the following year owned by the Cwmbach Colliery Company. W.S. Wardlow held it in 1929 until it was abandoned in 1931. It employed 25 men in 1927 and 7 men in 1928.
CWMBYR COLLIERY
Cwmavon, 780932.
This mine is mentioned in the 1933 listings when it employed two men on sinking operations and was owned by the Cwmbyr Colliery Co.. It then pops up again in 1954 when it was worked by G.Thomas and D.G. Morgan. They produced 225 tons of coal in 1955 but abandoned it in 1956.
CWMCAS COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, 891996.
This slant was worked for both house and steam coals by the Glyncorrwg Colliery Co.Ltd. It is shown to have abandoned the No.2 Rhondda seam in December 1906 and was not listed in 1913 or 1917, but makes a brief appearance in the 1920s. Not listed in 1932. The Glyncorrwg Colliery Co.Ltd., was owned by H.J. Heath of Briton Ferry, and at their peak in 1921 operated five collieries. Cwmcas was served by the South Wales Mineral Railway.
Some statistics:
1899: Manpower: 261.
1900: Manpower: 227.
1901: Manpower: 249.
1902: Manpower: 276.
1903: Manpower: 280.
1905: Manpower: 123.
CWM EVAN BACH COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, 800939.
This was a small mine that was owned by the Llwywyffynon Colliery Co. Ltd of Cwmavon and worked the Field Vein. It employed 9 men in 1937 and 12 men when it was abandoned in April 1938. The No.2 employed 6 men underground and 1 man on the surface in 1943/5 but had closed by 1947. It abandoned the Wernddu Rider or No.2 Rhondda Rider in 1938, the Wernddu, Wernypistell and Field Veins in 1942 and the Field Vein again in 1946.
CWMGWINEU COLLIERY
Cwm Duffryn (80279049)
This was a small pit that worked the Rock Fawr (Wernddu) seam. It was owned by the Cwmgwyneu Colliery Company of Port Talbot. The No.1 Pit 35 was sunk to a depth of 604 feet, and found that the seam had a section of; coal 40 inches, dirt 6 inches, and coal 6 inches. It is shown in 1896/9 as opening, employing 7 men in 1899. In 1900 it employed 3 men, in 1901 it employed 4 men and in 1902 it employed 9 men. In 1905 it was listed as discontinued. It abandoned the Rock Fach seam in February 1912. In 1922 it was owned by the Cwmgwyneu Collieries Company and employed 152 men on ‘sinking operations’ with the manager being S. Mathews, in 1923 it employed 120 men working underground and 89 men on the surface and was listed as “now developing.” The manager was Arthur Richards. It employed 400 men in 1924/5 and 500 men in 1926. The Rock Fawr seam was abandoned on closure in December 1927 when it employed 500 men with Mr. Richards still the manager.
CWMNANT COLLIERY
Cwmavon, Afan Valley
This small level was owned by A. Richards of Port Talbot. It employed one man in the Golden Seam in 1933, six men prospecting in 1937 and was closed in 1938.
CWM TONHIR COLLIERY
Bryn, Port Talbot
This small level was listed as being opened in 1902 when it employed eleven men and was owned by Henry Walters.
DINAS COLLIERY
Cwmavon, 772919
This small level was owned by the Dinas Colliery Company and employed two men prospecting in 1933.
DUFFRYN NAVIGATION COLLIERY
Cymmer, Afan Valley
I have little information on this mine only that it was owned in 1920/4 by the Imperial Navigation Coal Company was managed by D.J. Rees and employed 1,200 men. It employed 1,300 men in 1925/6 and 850 men in 1929.
EAGLE BRICKWORKS COLLIERY
Near Margam 791923.
This mine was presumably opened to feed the brickworks owned by its owners, the New Eagle and Bryn Brickworks (1924) Limited. It employed four men in 1927, six men in 1928 and was abandoned when the Nine-Feet seam was exhausted in June 1929.
EAST END LEVELS
Tonmawr 795965
James Herbert opened this level in 1926 into the Wenallt seam. He gave up in 1927 and in 1928 the East End Colliery Company owned by Sleeman and Farraday were in charge. It employed 6 men in 1929 but closed in that year.
EAST RHONDDA No.1 COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, Afan Valley
This steam coal level was worked by the East Rhondda Colliery Co. Ltd., in the Forest Fach seam. They were not very good at geography this lot, this level being to the west of the Rhondda. In 1924 the No.1 level employed 5 men and the No.2 level employed 79 men, in 1927 the colliery employed 46 men, in 1928 it employed 62 men but it was lying idle in 1931/3. It was managed in 1934 by T.W. Jordan and closed prior to 1947. The East Rhondda Colliery Company Limited was based at Merthyr House, James Street, Bute Docks, Cardiff with the directors being; D. Morgan Rees, C.C. Morley, H.J. Norton and T.W. Jordan. This was its only mine.
ENGINE PIT
This obscure mine was the first pit in the area to use steam winding engines as opposed to the older water balance method of raising coal. It was sunk at the southern end of the Foel Mountain to a depth of 300 feet in 1837.
FINERY SLANTS
Cwmavon, Afan Valley
This mine was part of the Cwmavon series and consisted of a series of slants and levels worked by Governor and Company in the latter half of the 19th century. It was worked in conjunction with the Cwmmawr Level.
In 1878 the manager was R. Jenkins and in 1884 it was Watkin Morris.
5/03/1881, Richard Hill, Age: 17: Haulier: Crushed between full tram and roof.
13/10/1887, John James, Age: 61: Horseshoer: He was riding between the loaded tram up an incline dipping 1 in 14 when a link of the short chain at the end of the rope broke.
22/12/1887, David Jenkins, Age: 34: Collier: Fall of roof. He was turning a stall to the rise off the heading where the clift 7ins. thick was already taken down, and although there was one prop standing under the overhanging clift when 3ft. of it was undermined it fell.
GELLI COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, Afan Valley
This was a small level that worked the No.2 Rhondda seam until 1890.
GELLI MILL COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, 872960.
This small level abandoned the No.2 Rhondda seam in December 1891. It was opened and owned in 1880 (the above?) by Edward Plummer and Sons. It was abandoned in 1891.
GLANRAVON COLLIERY
Cymmer, Afan Valley
This mine was also called Tor-y-Banwen and abandoned the Mountain seam in December 1926 when it employed 100 men. It was owned by the Price Brothers.
In 1930 a New Glanravon was working the Mountain seam. It was owned by the New Glanravon Colliery Company, managed by G. Stephens and employed 34 men.
GOLDEN VEIN COLLIERY
Port Talbot
This small mine was owned by H. Matthews in 1899 when it employed 68 men and by the Duffryn Rhondda Colliery Company in 1900 and 1901 when it employed 42 and 39 men respectively. In 1902 it employed 11 men, in 1903 it employed 26 men and in 1905 it was owned by the Golden Vein Colliery Company and employed 18 men.
GORDON COLLIERY
Cymmer, Afan Valley
This was a small level that was owned by Lochner & Brande and employed 115 men in 1903.
GOYTRE COLLIERY
Cwmafan 787898.
This level was opened in 1803 and closed in 1847. The Giotre was then about between 1866 and 1883 when it was abandoned by Vivian and Sons.
GRAIG BAGLAN COLLIERY
Baglan, Port Talbot (790944)
This small level was owned by Harrison & Pritchard. Two men were employed prospecting in 1933 but they must have had little luck as it was abandoned in December 1937.
GRAIG BAGLAN ISAF COLLIERY
Baglan, Port Talbot
This mine was owned by Harrison & Pritchard but the only mention that we can find of it is in 1937 when it was lying idle.
GRAIG-Y-FEDW COLLIERY
Cwmavan, Afan Valley
This was a short life level that employed 36 men working the Penstar seam in 1907 and was worked in 1909 by G.O. Jenkins when it employed 15 men. It was lying idle in 1912. In 1918 it was owned by Jeffrey J Davies of Neath and employed five men in that year. It was not listed in 1913 or 1921.
GRAIG-Y-TEWGOED COLLIERY
Cwmavan, 788931.
This small level worked the Wernddu seam around 1842, the Jonah, White seams and Clay around 1864, and the Tormynydd seam around 1885. It was owned by R and E Daniel of Cwmafan and in 1896 employed two men underground and one man on the surface producing house coal. In 1899 it employed 9 men, in 1900 it employed 13 men in 1901 it employed 10 men, in 1902 it employed 13 men and in 1905 it employed 6 men. In 1907 it employed 8 men and in 1908 it employed five men underground and two men on the surface. It abandoned the Tormynydd seam in August 1912. At that time it employed 4 men.
HAFON (HAFAN) COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, Afan Valley
The only listing that we can find for this small level is in 1917 when it was owned by the Hafon Colliery Company Limited. This company was not a member of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association.
HENDRECARREG (HENDREGARREG) COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, 875998
This was a series of four slants that were driven into the accessible Wenallt Rider seam, and worked by the Hendrecarreg Colliery Company from 1919 until April 1921. There appears to have been an unsuccessful Hendrecarreg that worked in 1868.
LEWIS RHONDDA COLLIERY
Port Talbot
This mine was listed in 1907 as being opened by the Lewis Rhondda Colliery Company of Port Talbot. It employed eleven men in that year and 29 men in 1909.
MARGAM MINE
Port Talbot
An opencast mine worked by Celtic Energy Limited and still in operation in March 2003.
MEADOW PIT
784924.
Please see the listing on the Cornish Pit.
MERCANTILE COLLIERY
Tonmawr 816973.
This mine was owned in 1893/6 by Powley, Thomas and Company of Cardiff but was listed as not working. In 1899 it employed 150 men and in 1900 it employed 170 men but in 1901 only 95 men were employed there. The No.1 was also called Fforchdwn, and the No.2 was also called Nantybar. It abandoned the Wenallt Rider seam in March 1903.
MYNYDD COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, Afan Valley
This was a small level that was owned by the Oakwood Colliery Company and worked the Jonah seam. It was abandoned in 1922.
NANTMELYN COLLIERY
Blaencorrwg, Afan Valley
This was a small level that was owned by W.H. Morgan and worked the Barry? Seam. It employed one man in 1909 and four men in 1912.
PENLAN COLLIERY
Cwmavon, Afan Valley
A mine called Penlan or Blaenavon in the Parish of Baglan Higher was listed as abandoning the Mountain seam in March 1930. The Penlan mine was listed in 1932 as producing manufacturing and steam coals for G.W. Baker of Bank Chambers, Swansea. It is not listed in 1935 and abandoned the Greenway seam in 1938.
PENRHYS COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen 800944.
This was a small level that employed 27 men in 1903 when it was owned by Charles & Owen and was owned in 1923/7 by the Penrhys Colliery Company Limited which employed 28 men working underground and 6 men working at the surface of the mine in 1923. In 1927 it was owned by the New Penrhys Colliery Company and employed 33 men. It employed 24 men underground working the Graig Uchaf seam and 4 men on the surface in 1943/5 while the No.2 employed 25 men underground and one man on the surface. It was abandoned in December 1945 with the No.2 Penrhys being abandoned in 1946 and the Penrhys No.1 on the 2nd October 1947 when it employed 18 men.
PENRHYS GRAIG COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, Afan Valley
The only listing that we can find for this mine is in 1919/25 when it employed 25 men and was managed by S. Jones. It was owned by the Penrhys Colliery Company of Port Talbot.
PENSTAR COLLIERY
Cwmavon, Afan Valley
This was a small level that was owned by the Penstar Rhondda Colliery Company in 1905 when it worked the Penstar seam and employed 25 men. It was worked in the 1920s under the ownership of Herbert Hudson Limited. It employed 200 men in 1922 when managed by Evan Powell and 33 men in 1923. It abandoned the Graigyfedw seam in August 1924 and employed 110 men in 1927 when T. Walters was the manager. It was abandoned in that year.
PHOENIX MERTHYR COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, Afan Valley
This was a small level that worked the Field and No.2 Rhondda seams. It employed 237 men in 1903, 256 men in 1907, 277 men in 1908 and 32 men when it was abandoned in October 1909. It was owned by the Phoenix Merthyr Colliery Company (1907) Limited.
RHYDAVON COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, 789949
This small level employed 24 men in 1907 and abandoned the Graig seam in June 1908.
SEAVIEW COLLIERY
Port Talbot 764932.
This small level was opened in 1953 by H.C. Davies and W. Boon and was owned in 1955/60 by the Sea View Colliery Company of Port Talbot and worked the White Vein.
SOUTH END COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg
This small level was worked between 1926 and 1929 by Davie and Pugh.
TALBOT MERTHYR COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, Afan Valley
This mine was not listed in 1878, but shown in 1907 as employing 131 men, in 1909 it employed 98 men, in 1911 it employed 41 men and in 1913/5 as being managed by Watkin Morris and employing 60 men producing manufacturing coals for the Talbot Merthyr Collieries Limited of Phoenix Buildings, Cardiff. It was not listed in 1917.
TONMAWR COLLIERY
Tonmawr, Port Talbot
In 1840 Messrs Parson & Strange ordered a steam engine from the Neath Abbey Iron Works for their Tonmawr Colliery which had been opened the previous year. They became bankrupt in 1839 and the pit lay idle until purchased by Mr. Sturge in 1845. This mine was working in 1860/70 when owned by Weymouth and Green but had closed by 1878.
On the 15th of March 1864, David Stephens, aged only 14 years and a collier died under a roof fall at this mine.
There was also a Tonmawr owned by William Smith between 1900 and 1901 but it failed to find a workable seam and was listed as discontinued in 1902.
TOR-Y-BANWEN COLLIERY.
Cymmer, 818978
This mine was not listed in 1917 or 1932 but is shown to have employed 20 men in 1918 when it was owned by Lewis and Davies of Neath. It is shown on Gordon’s 1921 Map of the Coalfield as working for house coal under the ownership of the Tor-y-Banwen Collieries Company Limited and employed 117 men in 1922, 13 men in 1923, 26 men in 1924 and 117 men in 1925. Please also see Glanravon Colliery.
TY MAEN COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen 795935.
This small mine worked the Jonah and Tormynydd seams which it abandoned in September 1924. It was owned by the Ty Maen Colliery Company and employed 260 men on closure with the manager being D. Reece.
A Ty Maen near Maesteg was listed as ‘prospecting’ in 1933 when it was owned by E. Lewis and employed 2 men. In 1937 it employed one man and in 1938 it employed 2 men working the White seam.
Some statistics:
1910: Manpower: 4.
1922: Manpower: 51.
1923: Manpower: 160.
1924: Manpower: 169.
1925: Manpower: 60.
VICTORIA COLLIERY
Cwmavon, Afan Valley
This small level was producing house coal and employing three men in 1896 when owned by John Allen of Port Talbot. It employed four men in 1903, it was not listed in 1908 and abandoned the Yard seam in October 1912 when it employed four men.
WELSH MAIN COLLIERY
Glyncorrwg, Afan Valley (875007)100
This was a small level that was opened in 1874 and owned by the Welsh Main Colliery Company and managed by J. Popham in 1884. In the 1890’s it was working the pillar and stall system using naked lights. The upcast ventilation shaft was 6 feet in diameter and 120 feet deep. Ventilation was by a furnace. In 1927 it was owned by the Graig Colliery Company and employed three men. It abandoned the Hendrecarreg or Mynyddislwyn seam in January 1896 and the Wenallt seam in January 1928.
WENALLT COLLIERY
Tonmawr 795966.
This level was opened in 1926 by Lewis Price into the Wenallt seam. He then formed the Wenallt Colliery Company which was by 1932, owned by J. Kransky Limited. It produced around 1,200 tons of coal every three months, with up to 20 men employed, and was closed in 1935. Also called East End.
It was then re-opened as Garth No.4 Level in 1937 until its closure in 1940.
It was then owned by Garth Collieries Limited and employed 11 men.
WENALLT MERTHYR
Tonmawr 796975.
Was called the New Forest until 1878 when owned by the West Rhondda Coal and Coke Company. In 1881 it was under the ownership of the Wenallt Merthyr Coal Company which produced around 200 tons of coal a day from this mine. It was abandoned in 1888.
WERN COLLIERY
Near Cwmafan 776918.
This level was opened in 1811 and the only other mention of it is in December 1844 when Thomas Williams, William Gregory, John Thomas and William Jones died together in an accident.
WERNPISTYLL COLLIERY
Briton Ferry 741935.
This mine was working in 1849 when owned by the Neath Coal Company but was then known as Briton Ferry. the next owner was J. Williams (1854) followed by the Briton Ferry Colliery Company (1855 to 1867). It was not listed in 1872 but pops up again under the ownership of E.J. Howells aka Wernpistill Colliery Co. It was again closed during the 1875 to 1879 period and abandoned in 1879 only to be re-opened in 1885 by the Jersey Coal & Brick Company and worked until 1890, employing 12 men in 1888. A Wern Colliery was opened in 1909 but abandoned the Wernddu seam in October 1911.
WHITWORTH COLLIERY
Tonmawr, Port Talbot. (798968)
This mine was located on the eastern side of Cwmgwenffrwyd and failed to find a workable seam. No.2 of this mine abandoned the Wernddu or No.2 Rhondda seam in November 1911 due to excessive water in the shaft and financial difficulties incurred due to the No.2 Rhondda seam being deeper than expected.. The mine was listed in 1907/13/16 as being managed by Percy Jacob and employed between 65 and 172 men on sinking operations for the Whitworth Collieries Limited of Station Road, Port Talbot In 1912 it was lying idle and it never worked again although it was purchased by the New Rhondda Collieries Limited in 1913 and later by Baldwin’s Limited who dismantled the surface equipment.
It was completed to a depth of 1,520 feet 8 inches to the Wernddu seam.
YNYS DAFYDD COLLIERY
Cwmafan 791927
This pit was named after the farm that it was sunk on and was claimed to be the first pit to be sunk in this area. Owned by Governor and Company it was also called No.43 pit and was part of Oakwood Colliery. It was possibly deepened, or sunk in 1844 to a depth of 231 feet. On the 24th of May 1856, an explosion in the Nine-Feet seam at this mine killed 13 men and boys. They were; Jason Evans, John George, Henry Griffiths, Hopkin Hill, David King, John Lewis, David Morgan, Walter Morgan, David Thomas, Thomas Thomas, David Williams, and Hopkin Williams. It was abandoned in 1872.
YNYSFAWR COLLIERY
Pontrhydyfen, 807950.
This small level probably worked the No.2 Rhondda seam. It was owned by the Ynys Fawr Colliery Company and employed 18 men when opened in 1900, and 13 men in 1901but it was closed in 1903 when it abandoned the Penrhys seam.
YNYSLAS COLLIERY
Cwmavon, 790925.
This level was opened in 1919 when it employed 45 men and was managed by W. Rees. It was owned by the Ynys Las Colliery Company Limited and employed 74 men in 1920 when the manager was still W. Rees. In 1923 it employed 36 men working underground and 9 men working at the surface, the manager was still W. Rees.
It abandoned the Four-Feet seam in October 1925 and the Little Vein in March 1926. It had also worked the Five-Feet seam and ironstone.
Some statistics:
1919: Manpower: 45
1920: Manpower: 74
1923: Manpower: 45
1924: Manpower: 26
1925: Manpower: 7
Information supplied by Ray Lawrence and used here with his permission.
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