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1994 - Page 10

Ollerton Was Closed 1994, After 69 Years

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Weekly Tonnage 1930:

  • Jan 13,420, 14,013, 13,802, 13,425
  • Feb new slack agreement 12,465, 11,951, 13,476, 13,489
  • Mar 11,560, 11,064, 10,694, 11,357, 12,044
  • Apr 13,561, 10,679, 4,351, 11,670, resumption of repair shift
  • May 11,619, 9,593, 9,032, 8,128, 9510, now decided to work shift on Saturday, dry cleaner started
  • June 5,915, 9,145, 9,438, 9,490
  • July new winding rope at No1 shaft, 9,230, 9,302, 9,831, 10,057
  • Aug 6,517, 9,267, 10,072, 9,905, 9,399
  • Sep 9,953, 9,716, 9,523, 9,485
  • Oct 9,721, 9,980, 9,848, 10,187
  • Nov No1 winder throttle valve repairs shift, 9,197, coaling up No2 shaft also, 10,195, 10,844, 10,979, 12,652
  • Dec 11,463, 10,959, 9,487, 7,499
  • Output for year 1930 was 542,096 tons, 535 men on books, 1,261 u/g, 274 s/f. men set on 526. 81.8 acres worked, 4.52 feet coal, 6,624 tons per acre, 1,466 tons per foot acre. 8.0 miles of roadway open.

1931:

  • South Stalls: 401s, 408s, 406s, 405s, 404s, 403s, 402s, 210s, 201s, 202s, 200s, 215s, 218s, 217s, 53s, 54s, 50s, 51s (680 yards) (620m)
  • South East and East Stalls: 673s, 672s, 671s, 670s, 669s, 668s, 667s, 666s, 665s, 664s, 663s, 662s, 661s, 653s, 649s, 648s, 650s, 624s, 623s, 622s, 621s, 620s, 600s, 601s, 602s, 425s, 424s, 426s, 423s, 422s, 421s, 427s, 419s, 417s, 409s, 418s, 416s, 410s (600 yards) (550m), (1,050 yards) (960m) and (850 yards) (777m)
  • North West stalls: 90s, 95s, 97s, 99s, 96s, 100s, 110s, 111s, 112s, 102s, 106s, 101s, 108s, 107s, 103s, 104s, 109s, and 105s (975 yards) (890m)
  • North Stalls: 150s, 151s (100 yards) (91m)
  • South West stalls: 10s, 11s, 12s, 1s, 2s, 21s, 22s, and 23s (500 yards) (457m). 51s and 52s stripping large fault, 218s headed through and stripping fault and carrying a fault
  • 216s and 201s slips
  • 210s slips and stripping fault
  • 402s stripping fault
  • 673s forming shaft pillar
  • 20s, 22s, 23s and 10s stripping faults
  • 402s and 403s stopped
  • 92s, 90s, 105s, 104s and 109s stripping faults.

Weekly tonnage 1931:

  • Jan 12,100, 12,539, 12,540, 11,787 11,069, holidays Jan 1 waggons, 7 orders
  • Feb 11,144, 11,137, 9,104, 12,074 tons, holidays 31, 1 orders
  • Mar 8,115, 7,464, 7,416 tons, holidays 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10,12, 14, 19, 21, 24,25, 31 reduced Quota
  • Apr 6,881, 13,605, 12,038, 7,215, 18, 23, 25 reduced Quota
  • May 9,759, 12,005, 12,556, 13,071 tons, holidays 5, 16 orders, 20, 23 Whitsuntide, 26,27 28 orders
  • June 10,263, 7,655, 7,795, 7,401 tons, holidays 4, 6, 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 28, 30 orders
  • July 8,058, 7,935, 7,733, 7,900 tons, holidays 30, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, Quota
  • Aug 1 Bank holiday, 5,111, 9,584, 7,662, 10,253, 7,374 tons, holidays 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31
  • Sep 12,029, 7,552, 12,401, 7,857 tons, holidays 5, 12, 15, 19, 23, 26, stood for 200s engine broken, stood for 18 hours 29, waggons 30:
  • Oct 10,572, 7,965, 13,616, 8,072, 8,578 tons, holidays 2, 10, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 31
  • Nov 8,471, 8,748, 12,511, 7,978 tons, holidays 4, 7, 10, 12 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30
  • Dec 9,194, 14, 197, 10,847, 2,898 tons, holidays 2, 5, 12, 16, 19, 22, 23, Christmas 25, 26, holiday 28, 29.
  • Output for year 1931 was 492,853 tons, 1,733 men on books, 1,394 u/g, 339 s/f, men set on 585. Total of 69.5 acres worked at 4.6 feet of coal, 7,088 tons per acre, 1,341 tons per foot acre. 80% coal and 20% slack. 9.5 miles of roadways open.

1932:

  • North Stalls: 140s, 150s, 151s, 152s, 160s (face length 400 yards) (365m) - all stopped Nov.
  • North West stalls: 93s, 100s, 110s, 111s, 112s, 102s, 113s, 105s, 101s, 107s, 103s, 104s, 109s (1000 yards) (915m), distance to walk 1,500 yards.
  • South Stalls: 403s, 404s, 405s, and 406s (700 yards) (640m), distance to walk 1,000 yards.
  • South West Stalls: 201s, 202s, 203s, 204s, 200s, 215s, 216s, 219s, 218s, 220s, 50s, 51s (750 yards) (685m), distance to walk 800 yards.
  • South East Stalls: 404s, 405s, 406s, 405s (1,250 yards) (1,143m) - all stopped, distance to walk 1,100 yards.
  • East Stalls: 673s, 672s, 671s, 670s, 669s, 668s, 667s, 665s, 666s, 664s, 663s, 662s, 661s, 653s, 649s, 650s, 624s, 623s (1,500 yards) (1,370m) - all stopped Aug. 622s, 620s, 621s, 600s, 601s, 602s, 603s, 425s, 424s, 426s, 423s, 422s, 421s, 419s, 427s, 409s, 418s, 416s, 415s, 410s, 400s, 403s, distance to walk 1,100 yards, all benks straightened out in readiness for conveyor panels. Amos Smith and Joe Woods were the chargemen and Ernest Cope, Official in charge later went on to be Undermanager at Denby, Manager at Chatterley Whitfield and Sub Area Agent. Wolf Alkaline 2.6v hand held lamps were introduced. 9s, 51s, 219s stripping large faults
  • 216s, 201s stripping fault
  • 6’ 0” (1.8m) fault on 215s
  • 3’ 0” (0.90m) fault on 204s
  • 1’ 0” (0.30m) fault on 203s
  • Slips on 200s and 202s
  • 1’ 6” (0.45m) fault on 403s
  • 97s, 92s stripping fault and boundary line to Thoresby take
  • Slips on 99s, 96s, 93s
  • 99s and 97s finished Aug.
  • First re-organisation of the colliery.
  • 38 of the 40 ponies dispensed with, 2 kept for North West panel and salvage.
  •  Output for year 1932 was 444,710 tons, 1,641 men on books, 1,291 u/g, 350 s/f, men set on 366. Total of 69.3 acres of coal worked at 4.8 feet thick, 7,486 tons per acre, 1,560 tons per per foot acre. 10.0 miles of roadway open. It was said in ‘Sphere’ paper that the best miners came from Ilkeston, Heanor or Langley Mill but Heanor men were preferred. 1,301 men were now living in Company housing in New Ollerton village.

1933:

  • South East district Panel 1s, (1,500 yards walk), 2s (1,300 yards walk), 3s (1,250 yards walk), 623s, 622s, 600s, 425s, 421s, 400s, 410s) 3s 4s (1,150 yards walk), 5s (one conveyor face (1,340 yards) (1,225m) long) (1,200 yards walk), originally panels called A, B, C, D and E , then changed to 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s
  • North West Stalls: 110s, 112s, 111s, 102s, 113s, 105s, 103s, 104s, 109s (650 yards) (595m), ( 97s and 99s stopped Apr).
  • South West Stalls: 201s, 202s, 204s, 203s, 200s, 215s, 216s, 219s (600 yards) (549m) and (450 yards) (411m). South Stalls: 216s, 220s, 50s, 51s (380 yards) (348m). 219s, 218s, 220s, 50s and 51s stopped
  • 51s stripping large fault
  • 201s, 202s, 203s, 204s, 215s and 216s stopped
  • 201s and 216s stripping fault
  • Faults on 202s, 203s, 204s
  • 100s cutting boundary line (1,000 yards walk)
  • 110s, 112s, 111s, 102s, 113s, 105s, 103s, 101s, 109s stripping faults stopped April preparation for change to panel work benks straightened out forming 9s panel (1,550 yards walk)
  • Both South West Stalls stopped and 7s and 8s Conveyor panels developed (1,050 yards walk)
  • East stalls: 622s, 620s, 601s and 425s gates stopped on 1s and 2s conveyor panel.
  • Output for year 1933 was 645,615 tons. 1,550 men on books, 1,206 u/g and 344 on s/f, 406 men set on. 95.2 acres of coal worked at 4.375 feet thick, 6,871 tons per acre, 1,570 tons per per foot acre. 9.5 miles of roadways open.

1934:

  • 1s abandoned Nov, 623s, 622s, 600s finished, 1,900 yards walk. Change of policy, numbers changed to other side
  • South East district 3s, 2s, (new) 1s (1,360 yards) (1,244m), 1,600 yards, 1,400 yards and 1,300 yards walk
  • North West 9s Conveyor panel with undercut face machines, (600 yards) (549m), 1,550 yards walk
  • South West 8s Stalls, changed to Conveyor face, (200 yards) (182m) (250 yards) (229m), 1,100 yards walk and 7s stalls (400 yards) (365m) (350 yards) (320m), 1,000 yards walk
  • South West district developing through large faults, started 3 major drifts, plus one aborted and one snicket gate developed old 1s then hit fault again. Main road supports were 3 piece arches set on props laid sideways and buried packs for prevention of heatings. New price list for getting and filling machine cut coal on to conveyors on any line of cleavage per ton of 20 cwts (since Dec 1926) was 1s 0 d. It was found that it was difficult to work such a long face as 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s so 2 panels were stopped 1s and 2s. The panels were then renumbered 1s, 2s and 3s from other end and indoing so changed 4s to 2s and 5s to 1s (just to confuse everybody)
  • Output for year 1934 was 639,320 tons, 1,591 men on books, 1,233 u/g and 358 s/f and 559 men set on. 81.8 acres of coal worked, average 4.625 feet, 6,587 tons per acre, 1,424 tons per foot acre. 11.0 miles of roadway open.

1935:

  • 1s (1,500 yards walk) 2s (1,550 yards walk) and 3s (1,700 yards walk)
  • South East (one long face) (850 yards) (777m), undercut coal, hand filled, worked by 6 conveyors and with 2 buttocks
  • 9s North West (600 yards) (549m) (460 yards) (420m), shortening down to form boundary line and stripping faults to RHS (1,750 yards walk)
  • 8s South West (250 yards) (229m) (340 yards) (310m), extending, stripping goaf and faults and carrying fault m(1,200 yards walk)
  • 7s South West (350 yards) (320m) (200 yards) (183m), carrying fault, stripping fault
  • 10s North (100 yards) (91m), widening and stripping goaf (1,150 yards walk)
  • South West development, many faults, attempted opening out again.
  • Output for year 1935 was 586,777 tons, 1,604 men on books, 1,231 u/g, 373 s/f and 292 men set on. 81.8 acres of coal worked at 4.625 feet thick, 7,169 tons per acre,1,550 tons per foot acre. 10.75 miles of road open.

1936:

  • 1s (1,850 yards walk), 2s (1,950 yards walk), 3s (2,000 yards walk)
  • South East (800 yards) (731m), fire on 160 yards (146m) long RHS caused by friction
  • 9s North West (460 yards) (420m) (250 yards) (229m), forming boundary line and stripping fault to RHS (1,850 yards walk)
  • 8s (300 yards) (275m), abandoned June (1,220 yards walk)
  • 7s South West (200 yards) (183m) (40 yards) (36m), carrying 2 faults and stripping fault, abandoned 30th June (1,350 yards walk)
  • 10s North (250 yards) (229m) (280 yards) (256m) extended to full length by July (1,450 yards walk)
  • 4s old North (300 yards) (275m), been stood since Nov 1928, restarted June
  • South West development, re-developed as stalls to extend 3s, 2s and 6s but faulty and abandoned Sep.
  • Output for 1936 was 702,420 tons, 89.2 acres worked at 5.08 feet thick, 7,874 tons per acre, 1,550 tons per foot acre, 13.0 miles of roadways open.

1937:

  • 1s (2,100 yards walk), 2s (2,250 yards walk), 3s (2,300 yards walk), South East (800 yards) (731m)
  • 9s North West (100 yards) (91m) abandoned 31st July, end of old system of working (2,000 yards walk)
  • 10s North (280 yards) (256m) (1,800 yards walk)
  • 5s (600 yards) (549m) (1,100 yards walk), 4s (250 yards) (229m) (1,150 yards walk), 6s North West (40 yards) (36m) (100 yards) (91m) extending and fanning round to form 3 separate units (4s South, 5s North (1,100 yards walk), 6s West.
  • Output for 1937 was 716,665 tons. 92.5 acres of coal worked at 5 feet 0 ins thick, 7,750 tons per acre, 1,550 tons per foot acre. 12.75 miles of roadway open. 1,643 men on books, 1,265 u/g, 378 s/f, 294 men set on.

 

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