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1994 - Page 15

Ollerton Was Closed 1994, After 69 Years

- Continued -

1980:

  • 1s DERDS (228m) 1.56m coal, 179 Dowty 6/240 chocks at 1.1m centres, abandoned 7th Nov met 3m+ faults at Airway end, conveyors A 483m, B 432m, C 959m, D 315m, distance from shaft 3,900m
  • 2s DERDS (248m), 2.01m coal, 146 Dowty 4/300 Chock Shields at 1.5m centres, Half-head system at Loader gate Jan, solid rock above seam, conveyors A 234m, B 449m, distance from shaft 2,850m
  • 10s DERDS (253m) 1.60m coal, ripping in line at Airway Jan, conveyor 1,680m, distance from shaft 3,120m
  • 12s start 24th Mar DERDS (253m) Dowty 6/240 Chock shields, fully-shielded at 1.2m centres, 1.85m coal, dog kennel at loader gate panzer gearbox, conveyor Scour 110m, A 740m, distance from shaft 2,620m
  • 14s development
  • 1s Following Intake Inbye Vertical Bunker Access
  • 2s Airway Paddy extended to 1,190m Oct large fall at 1s Loader gate lip 21st/22nd Oct large fall at 10s Loader gate back rip at 1,105m. 120.85 acres worked. 12.25 miles of roadways open (1.94 miles in Top Hard pit bottom area).
  • Output for 1980 was 1,069,606 tonnes and for 1980-1981 was 1,160,018 tonnes. 1,100 men on books, 826 u/g and 238 s/f. 4.78 tonnes oms. Ems coal face £33.00 and ems overall £28.39. Profit £15,115,000 (£13.03 per tonne). Record weekly output: 19 July 28,070 tonnes (5.49 tonnes oms), 29 Nov 28,182 tonnes, 6 Dec 29,421 tonnes, 13 Dec 30,037 tonnes, 20 Dec 30,590 tonnes at 6.02 tonnes oms.

1981:

  • 2s DERDS (248m) 2.02m coal
  • 10s abandoned 9th Oct DERDS (253m) Dowty 6/240 Chock shields, 1.66m coal
  • 12s DERDS (253m) 1.70m coal
  • 14s start 27th Apr DERDS (253m) Gullick 6/240 Chock shields at 1.2m centres, 1.70m coal
  • 33s development
  • 1s Following Intake. PB Oct, 1,036m Dec
  • 2s Airway Paddy extended to 1,281m Jan, 1,516m in Aug
  • 12s Airway Paddy 229m Mar
  • 12s Airway Paddy extended to 638m July, 930m in Oct and 1,036m in Nov
  • Inbye Vertical bunker development.
  • Output for 1981 was 1,150,302 tonnes and for 1981-1982 was 1,047,500 tonnes. 106.32 acres (447.40 hectares) worked, 1,700 tonnes per foot acre, coal and 1,865 tonnes per foot acre total blend. 13.56 miles open with 1.94 miles in Top Hard pit bottom area. 1,100 men on books, 862 u/g and 238 s/f, 4.28 tonnes oms. Ems coal face £34.92 and ems overall £30.34. Profit £10,773,000 (£10.39 per tonne). Blend gain 1.09. Record weekly output: 7 Mar 31,234 tonnes.

1982:


Airway Paddy

  • 2s DERDS (248m) Dowty 4/300 Chock shields 2.04m coal, stage loader crusher inst Dec, Loader gate half head system, Eimco, rock on coal, fault on face, conveyors A 234m, B 443m, C 872m, D 1,020m, distance from shafts 3,760m
  • 12s DERDS (254m) 1.41m coal, continued working through swilley, Loader gate and Airway Dosco side discharge cutter loader, conveyors 1,740m, distance from shafts 3,740m
  • 14s DERDS 1.50m coal, Gullick 6/240 fully shielded chocks at 1.50m centres, Loader gate and Airway Dosco side discharge cutter loader, conveyors 560m, working through 1in3 swilley all year, distance from shafts 3,020m
  • 33s start 15th Feb DERDS (259m) Dowty 4/325 Chock shields at 1.5m centres, (back shields to chocks left in gob Dec), 2-speed 150hp panzer motors (first in Area), 1.75m coal, Loader gate and Airway Dosco side discharge cutter loader, conveyors 700m, TP installed, distance from shafts 2,920m
  • Conveyor road to 3rd drift Eimco then Dosco Mk11B
  • Parkgate Vertical bunker development, 2 Eimco 625Bs
  • 9s Loader gate Dosco MkIIB
  • 12s Airway Paddy extended to 1,240m
  • 1s Following Intake first in the country to use a Markham Walking Roadway support:
    9th Jan 23rd Jan, building shield. Laser beam installed for direction, slow progress establishing solid ground, AS RH22 heading machine, average 4m a week advance for 2 weeks. Modifications, average 8m for 2 weeks, average 15m advance for 6 weeks, changed hydraulics.
    24m advance first week on contract but went off line, 9m advance getting back on line, 6m advance for 2 weeks, cavities, 12m advance building up to several weeks at 18m
    Trials with foam fill in cavities Bretby type (sodium silicate failed), Aerostem fill failed had to resort to extracting metal covering sheets over arches and filling voids with wood wool blocks problems with AS cutting machine making an even floor, lowered height due to hard sandstone project abandoned as unsuitable. Total advance done was 215m. (Two other shields were installed at Mansfield and Creswell and the modified Ollerton one sent to Harworth however all the projects failed for one reason or another and were not continued).
  • Output for 1982 was 1,030,434 tonnes and for 1982-1983 was 1,045,277 tonnes. 104.975 acres worked. 16.35 miles of roadways open. 1,157 men on books, 921 u/g and 236 s/f, 4.56 tonnes oms. Ems coal face £37.81 and ems overall £32.60. Profit £13,600,000 (£13.01 per tonne, with proceeds £38.80 per tonne).

1983:

  • 2s DERDS (248m) 1.97m coal, Chock shields, Dosco side-discharge ripping in line and cam packers installed Mar, 3m+ fault at Airway 30th Sep, conveyors B 580m, C 872m, D 1,380m, distance from shafts 4,100m
  • 12s abandoned 17th May DERDS (254m) Dowty 6/240 fully shielded chocks at 1.2m centres, 1.35m coal, conveyor 1,895m, distance from shafts 3,850m
  • 14s DERDS (254m) Gullick 6/240 Chock shields, 1.49m coal
  • 33s DERDS (259m) with AMBROAS arms, Dowty 4/325 Chock shields, 1.78m coal, shields taken off, Loader gate and Airway Dosco Side discharge machines, conveyors 1,385m, distance from shafts 3,550m.
  • 9s Retreat face (First one) start 10th Oct DERDS (205m) Dowty 6/240 Chock shields at 1.1m centres, coal extraction 1.37m, was using 10s old Loader gate but this closed up to diabolical conditions so a relief snicket road in coal was driven 10m away using thirling snicket headings periodically, conveyors A 700m, Snicket Cross gate 10m, 10sA 930m, Cross gate 10m, 2sA 110m, distance from shafts 3,820 max down to 3700m
    Conveyor road drivage in Pit Bottom, Dosco MkIIB and No4 drift Eimco 625B
  • No4 drift development, Eimco 613 and diesel load haul dump, July
  • 10s Airway slushed
  • 1s Following Return Eimco 625B then Titan E169 installed at 78m
  • 9s Loader gate heading for retreat Dosco MkII
  • 1s Following Intake AS RH22 installed at 1,703m
  • Connection Road Mindev
  • 33s Airway Paddy operational Aug. Booster fan house Eimco 625B Area Tunnelling Team.
  • Output for 1983 was 975,418 tonnes and for 1983-1984 was 901,883 tonnes. 91.589 acres worked. 14.0 miles of roadways open. 1,165 men on books, 942 u/g and 223 surface, 3.90 tonnes oms. Ems coal face £38.89 and ems overall £33.74. Profit £6,323,000 (£7.01 per tonne). Main conveyors from No1 shaft skip: 430m, Vert bunker 900 tonnes, 40m at top, PG1 435m, PG2 510m In-line bunker 135m, PG3 295m, strata bunker 130m changed over Aug 1983: No1 shaft skip 430m, 900 tonnes vertical bunker, 40m cross gate, PG1: 435m, PG2: 395m, Outfeed 230m, 600 tonnes vertical bunker, Following Intake No1: 480m (booster conveyor), Foll Int No 2: 451m, Foll Int No3: 765m.

1984:

  • 2s DERDS (248m) Dowty 4/300 Chock shields, 1.97m coal, Heating Feb, Heating flared again June, conveyors B 580m, C 872m, D 1,380m. Loader gate half head system, rock on coal, conveyors B 570m, C 872m, D 1,025m, E 465m, TP installed, distance from shafts 4,250m
  • 14s DERDS with FIDD arms, (254m) Gullick 6/240 Chock shields, 1.46m coal
  • 33s DERDS with AMBROAS arms, (259m) Dowty 4/325 Chock shields, 1.81m coal, Dosco Side discharge loader in Loader gate with Webster dinting machine and Dosco side discharge loader in Airway with Hausherr dinting machine, conveyor 1,150m, distance from shafts 3,660m
  • 9s Retreat DERDS with AMBROAS arms, (205m) Dowty 6/240 Chock shields at 1.2m and 1.1m centres, 1.39m coal, bad work at Loader gate end, crushed gate, conveyors A 500m, Cross gate 10m, 10sA 700m, Cross gate 10m, 2sA 110m, distance from shafts 3,700 down to 3,330m, Sep
  • 3rd drift development Dosco MkIIB changed to Titan E134
  • 14s Airway/ 11s Loader gate development, Mindev machine, then Titan E169 thirled and abandoned
  • 1s Following Return Inbye Titan E169
  • 1s Following Return Outbye Eimco 625B and Moon Buggy
  • PB Connection road Dosco MkIIB
  • 16s development Titan E169.
  • Output for 1984 was 616,141 tonnes and for 1984-1985 was 613,493 tonnes. 62.74 acres of coal worked (25.39 hectares). 15.25 miles of roadways open.

1985:

  • 2s DERDS with FIDD arms (248m) Dowty 4/300 Chock shields at 1.5m centres 192 + 2 + 4 + 4, Loader gate Half head Eimco and Webster dinting machine, conveyors B 580m, C 872m, D 1,025m, E 905, distance from shafts 4,650m
  • 14s DERDS with FIDD arms (254m) Gullick 6/240 Chock shields Loader gate Dosco side discharge and Haussherr Unisenck dinting machine, Airway Dosco side discharge
  • 33s DERDS with AMBROAS arms (258m), Dowty 4/325 chock shields at 1.5m centres, 158 + 2 + 3, Loader gate Dosco side discharge, Haussherr Unisenck dinting machine and Airway Dosco side discharge, hand fill and Webster dinting machine, conveyors A 1,100m, B 952m, faults and water
  • 9s Retreat DERDS with AMBROAS arms, (205 195m) Dowty 6/240 chocks 1.1 and 1.2m centres, 181 + 2, conveyors A 660m, Cross gate 10m, 10sA 700m to 250m, Cross gate 10m, 2sA 110m
  • 3rd drift Titan E134 at 1in4 at 1,196m
  • PB Connection Road Dosco MkIIB
  • 9s Loader gate, stood Mar, new relief road driven because of the diabolical gate crush of old 10s Loader (photo), snickets May onwards, back to using 10s old gate Nov
  • 16s Airway development
  • 16s/35s snicket
  • 35s Loader gate development
  • 11s development gate turned into 14s and abandoned, July.
  • Output for 1985 was 880,016 tonnes and for 1985-1986 was 971,825 tonnes. 1,183 men on books, 967 u/g, 216 s/f. 3.98 tonnes oms. Ems coal face £44.85, ems overall £39.03. Profit £10,062,000 (£10.35 per tonne), proceeds £40,652,000 (£41.83 per tonne). 17.7 miles of roadways open.

 

 

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