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1994 - Page 14

Ollerton Was Closed 1994, After 69 Years

- Continued -

1970:

  • 55s East (274 yards) (250m), Bi-di shearer abandoned May, protection pillar to tunnel
  • 42s North (270 yards) (247m), Bi-di shearer abandoned Nov, poor section
  • 111s South (275 yards) (251m), Trepanner 70hp abandoned May, Heating
  • 25s East (246 yards) (225m), DECMT abandoned June, poor section
  • 114s South (275 yards) (251m), Shearer start Feb then Double-Ended Ranging Drum Shearer (DERDS) inst Apr, record 57 strips, European, British and Area record 16,956 tons 1st Aug was to last 8 years
  • 108s South (270 yards) (247m), trepanner 70hp abandoned July, Thoresby boundary
  • 57s East (280 yards) (256m), DECMT start Aug, Airway end Sumping drum shearer inst Dec
  • 1s East (210 yards) (192m), DECMT start June
  • 109s South (268 yards) (245m), DECMT (M&C Ripper and Ram packer) start
  • 58s East (275 yards) (251m), DECMT start Nov
  • 25s / 42s connection start from 25s East Dec
  • Sump drift 1in3 and No1 shaft deepened
  • North Loader extension. Draper’s Paddy shortened to A2 junction conveyors to be installed from North side (650s). Loco system and mine cars dispensed with, skips installed at No1 DC shaft, and 600 ton Sutcliffe Static bunker
  • South Loading point for locos and mine cars removed and conveyors installed. 157.07 acres of coal worked at 4 feet 6 in thick, 1,416 tons per foot acre
  • Output for 1970 was 1,000,164 tons, 1,379 men on books, 62.4 cwts oms. Profit £?, 28.6 miles of roadways open. Record weekly output 1 Aug 25,916 tons. Conveyors to No1 shaft, 120 yards, 27 yards, 67 yards, 1,234 yards, 960 yards, 400 yards S trunks. 500 yards, 637 yards, 1,236 yards, 810 yards, 1,019 yards, 545 yards, North trunks. 570 yards, 745 yards, 173 yards, 1,270 yards, E trunks.

Bob
Bob, I was longest serving Surveyor
(1971-1986)

1971:

  • 114s South (275 121 yards) (251 110m), DERDS (Double Ended Ranging Drum Shearer) abandoned Jan
  • 57s East (280 yards) (256m), DECMT, turned Airway away from 56s
  • 1s East (210 yards) (192m), DECMT, Airway turned away from old 14s, abandoned May
  • 109s South (268 yards) (245m), DECMT abandoned Nov
  • 58s East (275 yards) (251m), DECMT, Airway end Sumping drum shearer inst Jan, wet sumping drum May
  • 2s East (259 yards) (237m), DECMT start June, abandoned Dec
  • 116s South (265 yards) (242m), South East RDS (Single Ended Ranging Drum Shearer) start Oct
  • 10s East (155 yards) (142m), DERDS start Dec
  • Start 42s end for 25s/42s connection
  • 25s East / 42s North connection, M&C 3 Joy Loaders, headings thirled 16th Oct, 5 miles (”) (0.013m) in alignment)
  • 44s North development, face head, waffle
  • 10s East dev. Last of 6 Diesel locos sent to Welbeck. 129.37 acres of coal worked at 4 feet 3 in thick, 6,146 tons per acre. Output for 1971 was 1,000,672 tons. Profit £?, 27.9 miles of roadways open.
  • Record weekly output 26 June 26,551 tons.

1972:

  • 57s East (254 yards) (232m), DECMT and 100hp Shearer, 226 Gullick 5/150 chocks, abandoned Sep
  • 58s East (244 yards) (223m), DECMT and Bi-di shearer, 203 Gullick 5/150 chocks
  • 116s South (265 yards) (242m), South East RDS and DERDS inst May, smaller 48” (1.22m) drums 275 Gullick 5/150 chocks
  • 10s East (155 yards) (142m), DERDS 200hp, Airway M&C Ripper and slusher, Advance heading at Loader gate Apr, Loader gate half-head system Sep on, 140 Gullick 5/150 chocks
  • 44s North (252 yards) (230m), DECMT and AB Shearer at Airway end, start Dec, development face head followed lower leaf of coal section on edge of swilley and Airway followed top leaf ! re-graded through at Airway, 240 Gullick 5/150 chocks
  • 20s North development, re-headed face with a Waffler on top of panzer
  • 62s East dev
  • 650s scour to Draper’s Paddy North, halfway, (request by Mr Ken Couldwell HMI, due to Paddy Road being too low). 1,307 men on books, 483 to 522 coal face, 383 to 466 ebg, 103 Officials, 42 WPIS, 296 to 324 s/f, 60.6 cwts oms, 129.02 acres worked at 4 feet 7 in, 1,560 tons per foot acre or 7,140 tons per acre
  • Output 1972 was 771,909 tons.
    Output 1972-1973 was 922,520 tons. Profit £526,000 (53 weeks) 1972-1973. 29.3 miles of roadways open.

1973:

  • 58s East (256 yards) (234m), Shearer, Bi-di shearer, Apr
  • 116s South (255 167 yards) (233 153m), DERDS, Airway end had to be shortened down due to encroaching into old 114s packhole plotted wrongly on working plan, abandoned Nov
  • 10s East (145 yards) (132m), DERDS, working through swilley Apr Oct, fault on face
  • 44s North (252 yards) (230m), AB Shearer, last 3 turret DECMT to June, Bi-di Shearer 125hp installed
  • 20s North (242 yards) (221m), DERDS (first Dowty 6/180 chocks) start, heating at LHG
  • 110s South (266 yards) (243m), AB16 Shearer start Oct
  • 62s face development East. Oct 25s LH paddy operational. 94.05 acres of coal worked at app 4 feet 6 in, 6,875 tons per acre
  • Output for 1973 was 798,053 tons. Output for 1973-1974 was 646,552 tons. Loss £754,000. Ems face 8.11.

1974:

  • 58s East (256 yards) (234m), Bi-di AB Shearer (Gullick 5/150 chocks) abandoned Sep, conveyors A 560 yards, B 1,477 yards, distance from shaft 5,450 yards
  • 10s East (146 yards) (133m), fault on face, DERDS (Gullick 5/150 chocks changed to Dowty 6/180 chocks), conveyors B 1,200 yards, A 1,010 yards, 26s 300 yards, distance from shaft 4,450 yards
  • 44s North (253 yards) (231m), Bi-di shearer 200hp Jan, slow advance, BJD B59 Maximatic Shearer Aug, conveyors 40s 680 yards, Cross gate 25 yards, A 320 yards, distance from shaft 5,350 yards
  • 20s North (238 yards) (218m), DERDS, face breasting, slow advance to Sep, conveyor 760 yards, distance from shaft 5,350 yards, Heating
    • 110s South (266 yards) (243m), AB16 Shearer, conveyor 860 yards, distance from shaft 2,500 yards
  • 62s East, embryo face AB 16 shearer, (Gullick 5/150 chocks), distance from shaft 3,400 yards
  • 45s North development Dosco MkIIA Sep 1974, first one, conveyors North No4 180 yards, 120 yards, 240 yards, 150 yards
  • 59s East development, conveyors 360 yards, 80 yards
    • Charles Walter Standage
    Charles Walter Standage, Manager Ollerton
    1973-1986
  • 10s Scour, fired and slusher, thirled Sep 1974
  • Parkgate Intake drift development, bored and fired, Eimco bucket, conveyor 60 yards.
  • Trunk conveyors to No1 shaft skip, ROM, 120 yards, B, 27 yards, South No1, 67 yards, South No2, 1,234 yards, South No3, 400 yards. East No1, 500 yards, A2, 627 yards, 650sA, 1,236 yards. North East conveyors: 24sA, 850 yards, 24sB, 520 yards, 24sC, 173 yards, 25sA, 980 yards, 25sB, 770 yards, North No1, 240 yards, North No2, 620 yards, North No3, 1,780 yards, 20s, 550 yards. Total length of conveyors 18,671 yards. 80.15 acres worked, 7,721 tons per acre.
  • Output for 1974 was 565,270 tons and output for 1974-1975 was 618,833 tons. 34.2 miles of roadways open. Loss 1974-1975 £821,000. Ems coal face £11.26, ems overall £10.25.
  • Charles Walter Standage (pictured to right) longest serving Manager 1973-1986 and I was longest serving Surveyor (1971-1986).

1975:

  • 44s North (250 yards) (229m), BJD Maximatic and B59 Shearer, Gullick 5/150 chocks, abandoned Mar, distance from shaft 4,400 yards
  • 10s East (143 yards) (131m), DERDS abandoned July, Dowty 6/180 chocks. Distance from shaft 4,680 yards
  • 20s North (245 yards) (224m), DERDS, turned both gates, fault on face, Dowty 6/180 chocks, distance from shaft 5,750 yards
  • 110s South (266 yards) (243m), AB16 Shearer and AB 16 cutter at Airway end, turned Airway in from fault, Gullick 5/150 chocks, distance from shaft 2,850 yards
  • 62s East (278 yards) (254m), AB16 Shearer and Dosco Side-discharge at Loader gate start Mar, distance from shaft 3,800 yards
  • 59s East (225 yards) (206m), Gullick 5/150 chocks, AB16 Shearer, then Uni-di Shearer July, start May, distance from shaft 4,150 yards
  • 58s East Dunsil/Waterloo development, Mindev in A/W, face rip, falls, open Heating on old 58s face and project abandoned July, 3 miles from pit bottom
  • 45s North development, thirled Oct, L/G MC3 Joy Loader, A/W and face Dosco MkIIA
  • 59s East development, thirled Feb, L/G and face Waffler, A/W MC3 Joy Loader, Gullick 5/150 chocks
  • 44s snicket
  • 59s snicket
  • Parkgate development Intake drift 1in6, large fault, set on pit contractors and Return drift 1in5, Area Tunnelling Team, both with Unit charges for explosives, air-leg bored and fired, loaded out by Eimco shovel, laser beam for grade and alignment (explosives in underground cabin)
  • 66s East development (first dint header), thirled May East side Booster fans, bottom of 622s Paddy Road
  • Extra weeks holiday. 74.64 acres of coal worked. 32.6 miles of roadways open. All measurements now in metres, from 1st April 1976.

1976:

  • 20s North (220m) DERDS, faults at Airway, Surface seismic survey proved faulting, turned gates 15 to right, abandoned Jan, Dowty 6/180 chocks conveyors A 695m, B 500m, distance from shaft 5,275m
  • 62s East (250m), B59 Maximatic and 2 x AB16 Shearers, Dosco side-discharge ripper, and Joy Ram packer, abandoned Nov, Gullick 5/150 chocks, conveyors, gate A 900 yards (825m), Cross gate 570 yards (520m), distance from shaft 3,850m
  • 59s East (225m), AB16 Shearer and half-head system at Loader gate, 193 Gullick 5/150 chocks, conveyor 785m, distance from shaft 4,250m
  • 110s South (267m 250m), AB16 shearer abandoned Mar, shortened down due to faults at Airway end, conveyors A 1,042m, Transfer point on L/G turn B 100m, Gullick 5/150 chocks, distance from shaft 2,715m
  • 45s North (220m), DERDS, Loader gate Dosco side-discharge and Airway Dosco UTR start Jan, 173 Dowty 6/180 chocks, conveyors A 1,020 yards (935m), Cross gate 120 yards (110m), North No4 180 yards (165m), distance from shaft 5,485m
  • 66s East 260 yards (238m), DECMT, Airway M&C ripper and slusher start Sep, conveyor 260 yards (240m), 255 Gullick 5/150 chocks, distance from shaft 3,750m
  • Parkgate development, conveyors PG3 380 yards (348m), PG2 700 yards (640m), PG1 550 yards (503m), reached seam on catenary, TP on turn

Dowty 6/240 Chock shields
  • 2s Airway development, 153 yards (140m) Area Tunnelling Team
  • Parkgate Materials road thirled to 425s P.B
  • 400s slit re-arching extended 20s Centre gate paddy to 41s/42s junction. Clayton Steep seam, rubber-tyred battery Pony locos introduced in No2 pit bottom for supplies haulage. Top Hard 96.19 acres and Parkgate 4.58 acres worked. 30.64 miles of roadways open.
  • Output for 1976 was 652,389 tons and for 1976-1977 was 633,636 tons. Profit 1976-1977 £983,000. Ems coal face £15.18, ems overall £13.80.
    Conveyors from No1 shaft skip: ROM 110m, B 25m, South No1 183m, South No2 1,128m, South No3 365m
    East No1 457m, A2 582m, 24sA 777m, 24sB 475m, 24sC 158m, 25sA 896m, 25sB 713m, North No1 220m, North No 2 567m, North No3 1,627m. Total length of conveyors 13,595m.

1977:

  • 45s North (220m), DERDS, rolls on face, abandoned July, Dowty 6/240 chocks
  • 59s East (225m), DERDS, worked through swilley Apr Nov
  • 66s East (230m) abandoned Oct, poor advance working between 40s and 42s
  • 1s Parkgate start 28th Feb DERDS, (228m) Dowty 6/240 Chock shields, 1.78m coal, fault on face
  • 46s North start 16th Oct DERDS (226m) Dowty 6/240 Chocks, 1.5m coal
  • 10s Parkgate start 9th Dec DERDS, (248m) Dowty 4/300 Chock shields, 1.82m coal, packing table Oct
  • 2s Parkgate development Eimco 57m
  • Vertical Bunker road Pit Bottom. 59s Airway Paddy 600m, Feb there was 2-way conveyor manriding at Parkgate Return 1in5 drift
  • 1s Parkgate Airway Paddy operational by Oct. 50.04 acres of Top Hard and 41.48 acres of Parkgate worked.
  • Output for 1977 was 629,338 tons and for 1977-1978 was 714,761 tons. 24.4 miles of roadways open. Profit £2,859,000.

1978:


Ollerton 2s Dowty Chock Shield 8 wheeled bogie transport 1978

  • 59s East DERDS (225m) Gullick 5/150 chocks at 1.0m centres, 0.97 coal, abandoned Jan, 3 miles from pit bottom (5,200m)
  • 1s Parkgate DERDS (228m) 179 Dowty 6/240 chocks at 1.1m centres, 1.78m coal, conveyors A 480m, B 432m, C 292m, distance from shafts 2,820m
  • 46s North (226m) Dowty 6/240 chocks at 1.1 centres, 1.5m coal, 3 miles from pit bottom, (6,360m), last panel
  • Top Hard seam abandoned 19th Dec (100 districts or panels 1926-1978)
  • 10s Parkgate (253m) DERDS, Dowty 6/240 chocks at 1.1m centres, stopped by 3m fault at Loader gate end, June, conveyor 545m
  • 2s Parkgate Dowty 4/300 Chock shields with lemniscate legs start 30th Oct DERDS (248m) Dowty 4/300, 1.76m coal, first ATM face (Advanced Technology Mining) in the Area
  • 10s re-development headings through fault, using Dosco Side discharge cutter loader for first time as a heading machine, conveyor 468m, Joy Loader in Airway Following Intake drivage
  • 2s Snicket, Eimco Pit Bottom Vertical Bunker sinking. Access drift to base of bunker 1in5 drift
  • Clayton Rubber-tyred Pony battery locos in Parkgate horizon. 27.69 acres of Top Hard and 68.18 acres of Parkgate worked, total of 114.54 acres. 25.63 miles of roadways open (4.63 miles in Parkgate).
  • Output for 1978 was 865,169 tonnes and output for 1978-1979 was 853,121 tonnes. 1,114 men on books, 856 u/g and 258 s/f. 3.37 tonnes oms. EMS coal face 23.89 and ems overall £20.39. Profit £4,595,000, (£5.39 per tonne)
  • Parkgate seam Panels from now on:

1979:

  • 1s DERDS (220m) 1.51m coal, working through a swilley Jan June conveyors A 480m, B 430m, C 870m, distance from shaft 3,450m
  • 2s DERDS (248m) 1.92m coal, sandstone in Airway lip July onto coal July, conveyors A 250m, B 460m, C 620m (2 TPs installed), distance from shaft 2,360m
  • 10s re-start 26th Feb (248m) DERDS Dowty 6/240 Chock shields, 1.70m coal, large fall on face lasted July to Dec, conveyor 920m, distance from shaft 2,530m
  • 12s development Following Intake
  • 900 tonnes Vertical bunker in Pit Bottom operational 4th Feb. 2s Airway Paddy, now 458m long in Oct 105.69 acres (42.77 hectares) worked.
  • Output for 1979 was 973,447 tonnes and for 1979-1980 was 989,771 tonnes. 4.04 tonnes oms. 1,076 men on books, 824 u/g and 252 s/f. Ems coal face £28.15 and ems overall £23.90. Profit £10,667,000. (£10.79 per tonne). 16.18 miles of roadways open (Parkgate 7.36 miles).

 

 

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