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1994 - Page 17

Ollerton Was Closed 1994, After 69 Years

- Continued -

Manpower: 1923: Butterley Co: sinkers 86, surface 254, total 340
Dec 1925: Top Hard coal face 85, others 54, surface 154, total 293

  • 1926: men on books 958
  • 1927: underground 1,006, surface 393, total 1,399
  • 1928: Top Hard 1,429, s/f 283, total 1,712
  • 1929: u/g 1,521, s/f 317, total 1,838 (max ever men and boys)
  • 1930: u/g 1,261, s/f 274, total 1,535
  • 1931: u/g 1,394, s/f 339, total 1,733
  • 1932: u/g 1,291, s/f 350, total 1,641
  • 1933: u/g 1,206, s/f 344, total 1,550
  • 1934: u/g 1,233, s/f 358, total 1,591
  • 1935: u/g 1,231, s/f 373, total 1,604
  • 1936: u/g 1,244, s/f 387, total 1,631
  • 1937: u/g 1,265, s/f 378, total 1,643
  • 1938: u/g 1,213, s/f 403, total 1,616
  • 1939: u/g 1,223, s/f 402, total 1,625
  • 1940: u/g 1,236, s/f 402, total 1,638
  • 1941: u/g 1,179, s/f 392, total 1,571
  • 1942: u/g 1,156, s/f 381, total 1,537
  • 1943: u/g 1,095, s/f 389, total 1.484
  • 1944: u/g 1,160, s/f 408, total 1,568
  • 1945: u/g 1,177, s/f 381, total 1,558
  • 1946: men on books 1,452

NCB: No3 Area 1947: men on books 1,515

  • 1948: men on books 1,656
  • 1949: men on books 1,707
  • 1950: men on books 1,725
  • 1951: men on books 1,736
  • 1952: men on books 1,700
  • 1953: men on books 1,594
  • 1954: men on books 1,573
  • 1955: men on books 1,580
  • 1956: men on books 1,556
  • 1957: men on books 1,560
  • 1958: men on books 1,576
  • 1959: men on books 1,547
  • 1960: men on books 1,492
  • 1961: men on books 1,455
  • 1962: men on books 1,568
  • 1963: men on books 1,564
  • 1964: men on books 1,528
  • 1965: men on books 1,463
  • 1966: men on books 1,401

1967: North Nottinghamshire Area men on books 1,387

  • 1968: men on books 1,384
  • 1969: men on books 1,403
  • 1970: coal face 549, elsewhere below ground 487, surface 343, total 1,379
  • 1971: coal face 541, elsewhere below ground 462, s/f 333, total 1,336
  • 1972: coal face 522, elsewhere below ground 466, s/f 324, total 1,312
  • 1973: coal face 504, elsewhere below ground 452, s/f 295, total 1,251
  • 1974: coal face 503, elsewhere below ground 460, s/f 284, total 1,247
  • 1975: u/g 995, s/f 272, total 1,267
  • 1976: u/g 959, s/f 264, total 1,223
  • 1977: u/g 899, s/f 258, total 1,157
  • 1978: Top Hard and Parkgate 856, s/f 258, total 1,114
  • 1979: Parkgate only, u/g 824, s/f 252, total 1,076
  • 1980: u/g 862, s/f 238, total 1,100
  • 1981: u/g 885, s/f 240, total 1,125
  • 1982: u/g 921, s/f 236, total 1,157
  • 1983: u/g 942, s/f 223, total 1,165
  • 1984: u/g 918, s/f 214, total 1,132
  • 1985: u/g 967, s/f 216, total 1,183

British Coal: 1986 u/g 929, s/f 200, total 1,129

  • 1987: u/g 860, s/f 167, total 1,027
  • 1988: u/g 871, s/f 152, total 1,023
  • 1989: u/g 862, s/f 137, total 999
  • 1990: u/g 727, s/f 128, total 996
  • 1991: u/g 853, s/f 125, total 975
  • 1992: u/g 825, s/f 110, total 935
  • 1993: u/g 605, s/f 100, total 705
  • 1994: underground Parkgate seam 614, surface 99 and contractors u/g 133 and s/f 53 at closure (total 899).

Tonnages and Manpower:

  • 1946: Top Hard 553,401 tons, (Output per manshift) output per manshift 31.5 cwts, 1,452 men

NCB No3 Area: 1947: 591,585 tons, output per manshift 31.9 cwts, 1,515 men

  • 1948: 709,451 tons, output per manshift 35.0 cwts, 1,656 men
  • 1949: 737,375 tons, output per manshift 34.7 cwts, 1,707 men
  • 1950: 712,895 tons, output per manshift 32.6 cwts, 1,725 men
  • 1951: 676,124 tons, output per manshift 30.0 cwts, 1,736 men
  • 1952: 630,895 tons, output per manshift 28.5 cwts, 1,700 men
  • 1953: 685,986 tons, output per manshift 33.4 cwts, 1,594 men
  • 1954: 744,796 tons, output per manshift 37.2 cwts, 1,573 men
  • 1955: 804,644 tons, output per manshift 40.2 cwts, 1,580 men
  • 1956: 835,139 tons, output per manshift 42.5 cwts, 1,556 men
  • 1957: 825,935 tons, output per manshift 42.0 cwts, 1,560 men
  • 1958: 811,077 tons, output per manshift 44.1 cwts. 1,576 men
  • 1959: 707,999 tons, output per manshift 40.5 cwts, 1,547 men
  • 1960: 774,506 tons, output per manshift 46.5 cwts, 1,492 men
  • 1961: 770,343 tons, output per manshift 47.5 cwts, 1,455 men
  • 1962: 919,346 tons, output per manshift 52.1 cwts, 1,562 men
  • 1963: 920,880 tons, output per manshift 51.6 cwts, 1,571 men
  • 1963/64: 910,544 tons, output per manshift 51.5 cwts, 1,564 men
  • 1964/65: 948,147 tons, output per manshift 55.7 cwts, 1,528 men
  • 1965/66: 947,237 tons, output per manshift 58.2 cwts, 1,463 men
  • 1966/67: 877,571 tons, output per manshift 56.5 cwts, 1,401 men
  • 1967/68: North Nottinghamshire Area: 832,801 tons, output per manshift 51.6 cwts, 1,387 men
  • 1968/69: 1,058,675 tons, output per manshift 65.7 cwts, 1,384 men
  • 1969/70: 1,025,026 tons, output per manshift 62.4 cwts, 1,403 men
  • 1970/71: 1,014,663 tons, output per manshift 62.4 cwts, 1,379 men
  • 1971/72: 795,082 tons, output per manshift 58.0 cwts, 1,336 men
  • 1972/73: 922,520 tons, output per manshift 60.6 cwts, 1,312 men
  • 1973/74: 646,552 tons, output per manshift 51.6 cwts, 1,250 men
  • 1974/75: 618,833 tons, output per manshift 43.4 cwts, 1,247 men
  • 1975/76: 550,710 tons, output per manshift 42.3 cwts, 1,267 men
  • 1976/77: 663,635 tons, output per manshift 50.4 cwts, 1,223 men
  • 1977/78: 714,761 tons (726,233 tonnes), output per manshift 55.5 cwts (2.82 tonnes), 1,157 (Parkgate entry)
  • 1978/79: 853,121 tonnes, Top Hard finished and Parkgate output per manshift 3.37 tonnes, 1,114 men
  • 1979/80: 988,373 tonnes, Parkgate only output per manshift 4.04 tonnes, 1,076 men
  • 1980/81: 1,160,017 tonnes, output per manshift 4.78 t, 1,100 men
  • 1981/82: 1,047,500 tonnes, output per manshift 4.16 t, (coal face earnings £34.92 per shift, overall £30.34), 885 men u/g, 240 s/f, total 1,125 men
  • 1982/83: 1,045,277 tonnes, output per manshift 4.56 t, (coal face earnings £37.81 per shift, £32.60 overall), 921 men u/g, 236 s/f, total 1,158 men
  • 1983/84: 901,883 tonnes, output per manshift 3.90 t, (coal face earnings £38.89 per shift, £33.74 overall), 942 men u/g, 223 s/f, total 1,165 men
  • 1984/85: 613,493 tonnes, output per manshift 3.40 t, (coal face earnings £40.16 per shift, £34.34 overall), 918 men u/g, 214 s/f, total 1,132 men
  • 1985/86: 971,825 tonnes, output per manshift 3.98t, (coal face earnings £44.85 per shift, £39.03 overall), 967 men u/g, 216 s/f, total 1,183 men
  • 1986/87: British Coal: 1,250,050 tonnes, output per manshift 5.33t, 1,129 men
  • 1987/88: 1,265,831 tonnes, output per manshift 5.55 t, 1,028 men
  • 1988/89: 1,305,282 tonnes, output per manshift 5.63 t, 1,022 men, (earnings £65.43 coal face, £54.62 overall)
  • 1989/90: 1,518,500 tonnes, output per manshift 6.44 t, £1.33/gigajoule, 727 u/g, 128 s/f, 996 men, plus 7 ATT and 113 contractors
  • 1990/91: 1,450,000 tonnes, output per manshift 6.19t, 1,036 men
  • 1991/92: 1,600,000 tonnes, output per manshift 6.71t, 974 men down to 832 u/g, 124 s/f, 80 under officials and 32 WPIS
  • 1992/93: 1,818,000 tonnes (max), output per manshift 7.61tonnes, 705 plus contractors app 800 men
  • 1993/94: 1,530,000 tonnes, output per manshift 8.35 tonnes, 713 down to 688 men (including contractors = 899). At 20th November 1993 there were 629 u/g, 106 s/f plus 140 contractors u/g, 52 s/f plus 71 under officials and 29 WPIS, Coal face workers 195, development 81, Roads 60, Salvage 40, Others 531, Surface 130.

Year Ending

  • Dec 1927, 18 acres 2 roods 34 poles realised £2,919-18s-7d and £1,813-19s-8d
  • June 1928, 21ac 3r 34p @ 156 per acre realised £3,427-1s-4d
  • Dec 1928, 32ac 2r 13p made £5,084-0s-7d making £8,511-1s -11d
  • 1929 worked 79ac 3r 10p to June and 37ac 3r 37p @ average thickness of 4ft 5in made £12,454-1s-6d
  • 1930 worked 65 ac 3r 27p to June and 36ac 0r 1p to Dec gave £10,286-1s-5d
  • 1931 profit £9,285-12s-6d
  • 1932 profit £4,956-9s-3d
  • 1933, 46ac 1r 14p made £5,455-19s-9d
  • 1934, 42ac 2r 18p made £5,596-14s-4d
  • 1935, 43ac 1r 12p made £5,963-6s-10d
  • 1936, 44ac 1r 5p made £6,751-15s-9d
  • 1937, 44ac 3r 0p made £6,418-8s-9d
  • 1938, 36ac 3r 3p made £4,998-4s-11d
  • 1939, 49ac 1r 14p made £7,303-11s-11d
  • 1940, 41ac 2r 24p made £7,113-15s-0d
  • 1941, 39ac 3r 27p made £6,437-9s-5d
  • 1942, 48.050 acres made £7,322-11s-2d
  • 1943, 47.296ac made £7,293-19s-0d
  • 1944, to June 316,941 tons Top Hard and 222 tons Main Bright made £7,434-2s-4d and to Dec 286,885 tons Top Hard made £6,710-15s-9d
  • 1945, 336,686 tons Top Hard and 62 tons Main Bright to June made £8,067-6s-10d and to Dec 269,334 tons Top Hard and 330 tons Main Bright made a profit of £6,295-2s-2d
  • 1946, to June 276,116 tons Top Hard and 82 tons Main Bright made £6,453-19s-6d and to Dec 1946, 286,256 tons made £6,696-12s-0d. The Butterley pit was making quite a profit, but compare to the 1970s-1990s.

Following Nationalisation small profits were made for years

  • 1947 and 1948
  • 1949 £316,385 profit
  • 1950 £213,727 profit
  • 1951 £114,107 profit
  • 1952 a loss of £99,300
  • 1953 a profit of £97,921
  • 1954 £203,706 profit
  • 1955 £418,317 profit
  • 1956 £597,674 profit
  • 1957 £421,912 profit
  • 1958 £575,218 profit
  • 1959 £306,024 profit
  • 1960 £623,842 profit
  • 1961 £754,786 profit
  • 1962 £1,105,496 profit
  • 1962-1963 £? profit for (NCB year end changed from Dec to Mar)
  • 1963-1970 small profits £?
  • 1971-1972 £97,000 profit
  • 1972-1973 £526,000 profit
  • 1973-1974 £754,000 loss
  • 1974-1975 £821,000 loss
  • 1975-1976 £1,322,000 loss for colliery under review
  • 1976-1977 £983,000 profit
  • 1977-1978 £2,859,000 profit
  • 1978-1979 £4,595,000 profit
  • 1979-1980 £10,667,000 profit
  • 1980-1981 £15,115,000 profit
  • 1981-1982 £10,773,000 profit
  • 1982-1983 £13,600,000 profit
  • 1983-1984 £6,323,000 profit
  • 1984-1985 £197,000 profit
  • 1985-1986 £10,062,000 profit
  • 1986-1987 £15,917,000 profit
  • 1987-1988 £11,998,000 profit
  • 1988-1989 £15,801,000 profit
  • 1989-1990 £17,180,000 profit
  • 1990-1991 £12,300,000 profit
  • 1991-1992 £11,300,000 profit
  • 1992-1993 £13,000,000 profit
  • 1993-1994 £4,800,000 profit