A Unique History From My Work Diaries

Surveying Jobs

North Nottinghamshire Area from April 1967

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Jan 1977

1977 subsidised transport at 5.9p / mile = £180.74

Steve Barnes (STB) transferred to Area HQ. Jim Humphries (JHs)Apprentice transferred to Ollerton from Thoresby
New Security Office on Pit Lane G Marshall and Jeff Wright, Ray ? to Area HQ.
KF Greaves East U/m Days, Ray Flint Afters and Gordon Weeks Nights.

Sat Jan 1 … New Years Day … AV Goodwin Acting D/m J Higginbotham acting Manager.

Mon 3 … Pit Holiday.

Tues 4 … Office … General discussion with Jim Humphries (JHs). Colouring1/500 surface plans for Strategic plan Meeting. JR G discuss. JH re 1s Support Rules and 2s and 10s Introduction of Electricity plans to J Lyons. Tom Grainger re PG Butterley Bunker. P Davies re 1s AW Engine house 21 m from 2s chock.

Wed 5 … Office … Finished colouring surface plans. Checked by Ted Hodgson. Info from P Davies re 59s gearhead on fire at 10pm last night, put on plan of same. Checked with Jack Lyons and Ken Mirfin Bevercotes re Laser to go there. Quarter end measurements in book to date. Inked in 1/2500 plans. Discuss J Herbert and Harry Clark. Phone CJ Whyte re next Tuesday for pit visit.

Thurs 6 … Surface … Levelling and offset survey of British Rail lines opposite Washery for proposed Rapid Loading Bunker … (RB*, DS, STB) and (JR Greasley, DMP and EWF) … Office … HMI J Jones … re reduction plan of gearbox and coupling and motor … 8 copies. Discuss M Lamb and G Mason proposed borehole sites.

Fri 7 … Office … Inking in Working plans to date and levels, faults etc. Started on Second copies. Surface … Stockyard … measured arches … (RB*, DMP, EWF) … Office … Plotted same and sketch for G Mason U/m.

Sat 8 … Office … Finished Second copy plans. JH and Area HQ progress. CW S and JH Wall plans. Info to Barry Shephard Dust Suppression re 66s.  - 10791 tons

Mon 10 … U/g … called out 2.35am to Fatal accident to Dominik Adrych (50) on 45s face North side (RB* and EWF) (18) … Office … Plotted same and print by 4.45pm.

Tues 11 … Office … Accident plans finished. Plotted 59s seam increase and possible swilley start in Geological folder. Info for all to CW S re HM Spanton visit 1pm. 3 sketches of 45s for P Davies Mech Engineer. Tapes delivered from Stores.

Wed 12 … U/g … to 59s panel, sections and grades … 3 men (RB*, DS, J Humphries (JHs) … Office … Checked 1s grades with projections. Discuss Frank Lee Area Planner. pre Meeting for Strategic Plan 2pm … R Anderson, CW Standage, Frank Lee, Area Planning Engineer, John Herbert, Planner, RB, Jack Lyons, Electrical Engineer, Peter Honeywood and Mick Young, Deputy Mechanical Engrs and Eric Taylor, Method Study Engineer.

Thurs 13 … Office … Phone J Herbert re amendments to Underground Strategic plan script. Finished Stone Dust Barrier sketches. Holidays for all sorted out. Large sketch for P Davies of 45s face for HMI re Fatal accident on 10/1/1977.
No2 Pit Bottom Loco house Road broke through with borehole into No1 Pit bottom Road … o.k.

Fri 14 … Office … General. Info to Ken Ollerenshaw Elect. Info to CW S re 59s section. DR Mounsey DCME discuss PG and 45s accident. Progress. Discuss KFG re PG substation.

Sat 15 … Office … Progress. Wall plans to date. - 14016 tons

Mon 17 … Office … Amends to 66s AW ens Support Rules for 2 x Gullick / Dobson motor supports 200 tons. HMI Farmery … Plan of Loco circuits. JRG and Denis Perry re proposed Surface Rapid Loading Bunker. 1/25000 Borehole plan to date and print. Discuss Tony Turner Strata Control (shortly to go to Doncaster HQ).

Tues 18 … U/g … Visit by CJ Whyte, Area Surveyor, JR Greasley, RB to Top Hard pit bottom Loco circuit and 1s Parkgate face prep and 2s heading … Discuss over lunch. General correspondence. Thoresby 6 inch to date on flat sheet.

Wed 19 … Office … Various info. … to Area HQ … with CW Standage … Meeting … Underground and Surface Strategic Plan 10am – 12.20pm … HM Spanton Director … Office … Meeting 2.30 … Parkgate Plan … R Anderson. Discuss D Stone and L Paterson various re PG. Discuss T Grainger and L Kirk arch sizes also levels for proposed Butterley Bunker. JH re door positions in Top Hard Materials Road and also re ordering chocks etc. in future re in plenty of time for job planned.

Thurs 20 … U/g … Catenary measuring in 45s AW, 45s LG and into 46s Cross Gate heading … 5 men (RB*, DMP, DS, KS, MJ)… Office … Calculations.

Fri 21 … Office … General. 45s calculations and plotting. Requested again to AV Goodwin U/m re a borehole to be drilled in 66s AW end to prove gobbins.

Sat 22 … 13915 tons
Sat 22 … Office … Progress. Wall plans. Amendments and additions to 1s PG Support Rules.

Mon 24 … U/g … Grade line marks on all of pit bottom circuit for laying rail track 90cm above … Loco house measures and discuss… 3 men (RB*, DS, JHp) … Office … Plan for P Davies of 1s gate and development. (330 + 4 u/g)

Tues 25 … Office … Discuss Stan Brunskill and Maurice Lamb possible underground borehole sites at old 10s LG end, 45s LG or 45s AW and Drapers Scour … Surface … Check measured new steel door frames for installation at 400s Materials Connection … 2 men (RB*, EWF). Discuss KFG 1s chock installation.

Wed 26 … Office … Checking through 45s grades etc. Drawing out 46s AW turn. Drawing of Pit bottom Loco house grades etc. on 1/500 scale. Discuss CW S and JH.

Thurs 27 … Office … Discuss D Lawson, T Tryner and Tommy Newsham Group Ventilation re old 37s gate recirculation of air through doors at bottom of Drapers Paddy. Phone JRG. Info to P Davies 59s Aw Paddy turn. Info to JH. Phone J Herbert re 20 ft radius turns for gates. Info to Jimmy Pickering re accident to Ken Cross Deputy at 58s LG 17/11/1972.

Fri 28 … Office … General. Chart for 1s chocks installation. 1s Support Rules for same and prints.
Evening … 6pm … Meal at Little John for Ollerton staff by Dosco for achieving record 228 yards in 7 days.

Sat 29 … 15224 tons
Sat 29 … Office … Progress. Wall plans. AV Goodwin re 66s check line. AW 6m. 62s stopped off.

Mon 31 … Office … Prints 46s turn ... Meeting 10am – 12.30pm … Parkgate work to do … CW S. General. Bar chart for PG. Discuss JH and CW S.

Feb 1977

Tues 1 … Office … Final bar chart and prints. Put red tape over ‘danger area’ on Ammeter clocks for Peter Noone Deputy Elec. Ray Jackson Estates re drains for new proposed W.C. in Control Centre. HMI John Rushton … 1s face Support Rules ? 3.2m at LG end.

Wed 2 … Office … Tuition to Jim Humphries how to fill in Monthly seam section forms. Calculations, checked 59s and plotted and calculated and plotted 1s PG projection. HMI J Rushton re Dowty 6/240 chocks approval no. and a copy for him.

Thurs 3 … U/g … to Bilsthorpe … RB Visit to Parkgate 11s first face working under bind top 6 feet 3 inches of coal. Various Support Rules and support system diagrams JH re same and PG yardages (30 yards in Nov 1975).

Fri 4 … Office … Chocks etc. for alignment. … CW S discuss re visit to Bilsthorpe. HMI J Rushton 1s Support Rules again.
14001 tons

Annual Leave 2 Weeks Mon 7 – Sat 19

14237 tons

Dismantling Cooling Towers.                                                                        
9425 tons

Mon 21 … U/g … Measurements of 45s roll / fault? Panel abandoned … (RB*, DS).
Mon 21 … To Area HQ in afternoon … Layout Plan Review Meeting and signing of plans … RB with John Higginbotham Deputy Manager. Discuss CJ Whyte and Doug Raisbeck. Correspondence.

Tues 22 … Office … General correspondence. Plan of 45s chock recovery. AE Betts discuss new Automatic Kern Level. Tuition to J Humphries re calculation of co-ordinates.

Wed 23 … Office … Checking J Humphries calculations o.k. Tony Tryner and D Lawson and Sos McKay re Methane drainage etc. General info. Jimmy Pickering re Ken Cross accident. Also Barry Saddington Deputy.

Thurs 24 …Office … HMI J Jones re amends to 1s Support Rules. CW S signed authorisation for new Kern Level. JH discuss. Checking through accident plan. Checked 46s Snicket levels.
Group 5 BACM Meeting

Fri 25 … Office … Progress. Prints for Walter Hulley Head Draughtsman 1/500 and 1/1250 surface. Info from Eric Fletcher O/m re 46s. CW S re Ken Cross accident. John Newton Mech and Ted Lilley NACODS re same. Calculated 2s survey and plotted. Borehole levels for proposed Millbaulk Lane to Geologist at Bevercotes.

Sat 26 … 45s finished due to rolls on face. - 7853 tons
Sat 26 … Office … Progress Area HQ and JH. Wall plans. Section of strata through 46s snicket.

Mon 28 … Office … General. Going through work with EWF. Check plotted 45s, 62s LG and 66s with Bocking Protractor … to Worksop No1 Court … 4pm … Inquest on Dominic Adrych, (accident 2,35am 10 January 1977 Sunday night shift on 45s face). RB with CW Standage.

Mar 1977

Tue 1 … U/g … Position and level of old 10s Scour borehole. To Parkgate … checked position and level at proposed ends of Loco garage in 10s AW … 4 men (RB*, EWF, DS, JHs) … Office … Discuss CW S … blank bar chart. Made 2 notices for PG travelling times and start etc. Prints. Calculated and plotted borehole and grades.

Wed 2 … We all went in the Pit van to Nottingham Shire Hall … Ken Cross (Deputy) versus NCB re accident with stage loader … CW S, RB, Jimmy Pickering, Safety Officer and John Newton and Barry Saddington witnesses. … Office … Discuss K Hartwell ATT and Eddie Gillfillan proposed PG Butterley bunker and Loco Garage. HMI J Rushton … Method of work plan for 1s … RB … Discuss J Herbert.

Thurs 3 … U/g … Grade line with level in Parkgate Intake drivage for Butterley Mobile Bunker .. 3 men (RB*, EWF, DS) … Office … Checking through Surface notebook … found an error of 1 degree … checked calculations from surface base to No2 airlock re shaft plumb … Underground station 15 on 660s / 400s Junction now checks extremely well with 1955 correlation.

Fri 4 … U/g … Measured up turn in pit bottom. Measured 600s turn (RB*, HH, KG and Percy Cooper) … needs cramping. Discuss JH and road layers. Phone AE Betts re results. Phone George H Jackson re proposed calculation sheets … no good … too large on A3 … will continue to use my design on A4 size. (330 + 5 ug)

Sat 5 … Office … Progress Area HQ and JH. Plans to date. JH re 200 ton bunker. Prints of 1s LG Support Rules.
7526 tons

Mon 7 … Office … General . Surface 1/500 print ready for Civil Engineers. … Surface … Levels from Run of Mine gantry down to old concrete tank and into No2 ground level airlock for proposed new tub track … (RB*, JHs and Ray Fish, Method Study) … Office … Discuss K Hartwell ATT re bunker. Discuss JH re same and with P Davies as well re proposed conveyor houses PG No3 and 1s No1 as per Return Drift conveyor house. Meeting with Linesmen.

Tues 8 … U/g … Visit to 1s PG. Various measures. PG Return drive house measures. Loco circuit. 10s AW and Loco house. PG Junction … Discuss down pit E Gillfillan and K Hartwell ATT and Jack Longden … Office … Discuss JR Greasley Senior Surveyor re Rockingham. (335 + 5 u/g)
Pollution Report … Ollerton picked for example for rest of Area.

Wed 9 … Office … Pollution Report proof read. Discuss Ted Hodgson re same. AE Betts re shaft measuring 1948, 1971 and 1975 … found error in new O.S. values which gives comparison … 1 in 12,750. Also 1976 Correlation gives comparison with 1955 … E 0.105 and N 0.010 o.k. Going through old workings with D Stockham. Going through old calculations and progress and old survey books … need to reference same. Plan for Mr Edwards Ordnance Survey re visit 2pm next Friday.

Thurs 10 …Office … Russ Worsey Planner and Russel Smith Projects phoned re 10” x 10” steel for Silverhill. Saw John Higginbotham and Matt Marshall Storekeeper re same o.k. to collect. New order for 3 tapes. Info on plans. Plotted 46s survey and calculated and plotted levels. HMI J Jones 1s Support Rules … amends following his visit (RB). Travelling distances to panels phoned to Area HQ for Mar 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976.

Fri 11 … Office … General. Spontaneous Combustion 1/5000 negs to date. CW S re info re all salvage done for PG Scheme. Also notices R Anderson re Jimmy Pickering. G Mason bar chart. Mr Edwards from Ordnance Survey Office re use of plans etc. and brought leaflets. (RB)

Sat 12 … Office … Area HQ progress. With PLL Loco Transport Rules, prints covered. 9402 tons

Mon 14 … U/g … Abandonment survey of 45s panel … 6 men (RB*, EWF, JHs, DS, MJ, KP) … Office … Calculated and plotted same. CW S re amends to 46s new 15 men exemption plan. Frontispiece sketch of headstocks. For 1s Design.

Tues 15 … Office … 1s PG Design pamphlet. Engineer from Wimpey re proposed boreholes round No8 slurry lagoon. BT Bailey and David Lane re same. Delivery of Kern Automatic Level and CTS 300 back from repair. British Rail Surveyors and JRG came to update their plans. 1/25000 plans of PG for layout of haulage and conveyors. CW S re salvage from PG. KFG re same. Yardages to faces at March 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976 for HM Spanton, Director.
Clayton steep seam rubber tyred battery Pony locos operational in No2 pit bottom.

Wed 16 … Office … List of equipment salvaged from PG Scheme. General. Parkgate Meeting 2pm … R Anderson. Continued with 1/25000 plans.

Thurs 17 … Office … Yardages to faces at March 1967, 1968 for HM Spanton. CW S re same and amends to PG 1s Support Rules. General. Continued with 1/25000 plans. Ged Mason U/m re Manriding notices.

Fri 18 … Office … General. Quarterly dates. Progress on Working plans.                          

Sat 19 … Office … Progress and Wall plans … Surface … Levelling RB with David Lawson Safety Engineer to and setting out borehole positions on No8 Slurry Lagoon for Wimpey’s Contractors, sketch of same and levels. 13001 tons

Sun 20 … U/g … Visit to Parkgate 1s panel with friend and Queen’s Bodyguard John Freeman and his son-in-law David Keward.

Mon 21 … Office … General. Wimpey Agent Colin McFee, levels etc. for boreholes. Reps for Winder conversion re details of pipes etc. around Winding houses and plans of same. Notice re Benefit match for Alan Blyton. Meeting … Proposed development work and back work to do (RB) … CW S.

Tues 22 … U/g … Measurements in No2 Pit bottom re taking out the top deck and proposals. Check on chipping being done round the Loco circuit. Checked ATT dinters on Butterley Bunker site for PG Intake. Checked 10s LG Junction setting chock. Check measures on PG Snicket Sub station re moving arches and / or stanchion. Check on alignment of PG Return manriding. Measure rails on 2s / 10s Junction. Grade line in Loco house … 2 men (RB*, EWF) … Office … Calculations etc. with Jim Humphries. Discuss JH. Discuss CW S re Pit Bottom.

Wed 23 … Office … Raffle notice. Discuss GM re 1s AW line. P Davies No2 PB gauges. Discuss CW S various. Plotting 1s PG on 1/500 and gate lead for panzer creep. Discuss CW S, JH and GM.

Thurs 24 … Office … Check calculations and plotting of PG Loco house + 1®. Plotting No2 Pit bottom cages. Discuss CW S. Also plotting 1s PG face from start on 1/500 and gate leads, panzer etc. Discuss CW S, JH, GM.
Ventilation change … hung doors at Materials Road in No2 pit bottom and opened 2 in 1s AW

Fri 25 … U/g … Measurements in No2 pit bottom for proposed arching … 2 men (RB*, EWF) … Plan of same and prints. Discuss same CW S.

Sat 26 … Office … Progress. Plans, preparing various for investigation into costs and prevention of water pollution.
14433 tons

Mon 28 … Office … Checking through borehole info with EWF. Check calculations and plotting for 46s Snicket thirling. JH charts renewed. Sorted out ‘Workin in hand’ drawer.

Tues 29 … Area HQ … Annual meeting of Surveyors … CJ Whyte.

Wed 30 … Office … Additions to No2 Pit bottom plan re arching, and prints. Amends to Ventilation negs. Discuss Ray Flint Asst U/m and Eric Fletcher O/m re 1s supports. Discuss Tony Tryner re Firedamp ranges etc. Plans re Water Pollution with Ted Hodgson Surface Superintendent.

Thurs 31 … Office … Discuss. Plotted PG. Various plans of PG Loco circuit and section for P Davies and prints.
Output 1976 – 1977 = 633,389 tons Profit £983,000 Manpower 963 u/g, 289 s/f

Apr 1977

Fri 1 … Office … Amends to Methane drainage layout neg. Discuss DM Parker various.

Sat 2 … Office … Progress. Wall plans. Plotted 1s. Discuss RF Panzer graphs. Quarter end figures. Continued with surface plans for Pollution. 15199 tons

Mon 4 … U/g … Check survey with dial for Parkgate loco house also check 1s LG line … 3 men (RB*, DMP, EWF) … Office … Plotted same. Discuss. Plotted boreholes. Rep from Hall Bros re 50m Japanese tapes. - (340 + 5 u/g) 

Tues 5 … U/g … Visit to 46s AW and 46s snicket …4 men (RB*, JHs, MJ, JA) … Office … Plotted same and section … to go 1in15 grade. Measurements for bearing and pedestals with EWF. Plotted same. Discuss 1s LG line Ged Mason U/m.

Wed 6 … Office … Plotting Working plans to date and levels etc. Discuss D Lawson re Auxiliary fans. Discuss G Mason and Ken Middleton, Hollybank re 10s and 46s 7 feet legs. Phone David Booke-Jackson re Pit bottom. Discuss CW S various. Rep from Stilon 50m band. Checked 3” x 4” pedestal drawings.

Thurs 7 … Office … Second copy Working plans, also 1/2500 black tracings to date. Stippling. D Brooke-Jackson Hollybank re Pit Bottom arching. Discuss JH re 10s borehole and future boreholes. JRG re Pollution report.

Fri 8 … Office … 1/5000 and 1/10560 plans to date and inked in. Progress etc. Mick Young Dep Mech re 10s AW engine house. Ted Hodgson re Pollution Exercise and Rexco liquor on Newark Road. Phoned JRG and Alan Kirk. Gave copy of Pollution report to CW S.                      

Sat 9 … 14002 tons

Mon 11 … Easter … Tues 12 … Holiday. Annual Leave Wed 13 – Sat 16
7635 tons

Mon 18 … Office … General. Plotted JH and Area HQ progress etc. Checked 46s snicket fault and plotted and also plotted 1s on 1/500. Calculated levels for 46s. Discuss GM. Plotted 10s on 1/500, gone under 1s LG and now 1in7. Panel sketches to date for GM. George Jakson phoned. Discuss Ted Hodgson re visit.

Tues 19 … Office Printing Support Rules for 59s for Brian Wormald for distribution to trainees. 45s face turn with Dosco machine. Town & Country Planners re-Dirt tips plus JRG and EH. R&FF plans brought back.by JRG … HMI K Couldwell re Surface Demarcation plan … SJAB hut and Home Coal garage and Power house switches, P Noone. Phoned Ivan Eyre Area HQ Admin re Deeds. RB, J Higginbotham Acting Manager.

Wed 20 … U/g … Visit to 1s Parkgate, 10s development, Pit bottom Loco circuit, Butterley Bunker site and proposed Vertical Bunker site … (RB, John Herbert, Derek Stone, Planners) … Office … discuss. D Raisbeck and S Lunnon re results since 1972 for sections, advances, districts etc. and geological conditions. Deeds re Home Coal, copy for Ollerton.

Thurs 21 … Office … Phone JRG re Home Coal situation. Phone Ivan Eyre re Bevercotes Home Coal. Drawing out proposed turn at 46s LG Jundtion, Plotted 10s PG AW section. GM discuss. TH Loco tracks and proposed PG Loco circuit. Ining info to Maurice Whittle, Estates re Walesby Lane.

Fri 22 … Office … General. Phone I Eyre re Bevercotes Home Coal, formal approval 14 July 1961. Ventilation negs and Firedamp drainage negs to date. Info to CW S re Accountability and discuss. Discuss P Davies PG Loco circuit. JH discuss 59s district. Wall plans to date. Windy.

Sat 23 … Office ... Progress Area HQ … Large sketch of PG Layout etc. Plotted 1s, 2s, 10s AW Junction. Existing track layout and proposed. 14066 tons

Sun 24 ... Parkgate 1s Face Conference in Canteen … J Higginbotham Acting Manager, RB sketches etc.

Mon 25 … Office … Ventilation negs. Stencilling finished. Fred Marples re proposed 46s LG FSW and turn. Discuss EWF. New style Auxiliary fan rules and sketches with D Lawson and Tommy Newsham.

Tues 26 … Office … Drawing out Fan sketches for 2s AW, 10s LG, 10s AW and TH 46s. Discuss Freddie Longden Surface Mech re water.

Wed 27 … Office … Making new Auxiliary fan plan neg. Checking and adjusting Level tripod with EWF. Discuss DR Mounsey DCME. Info to CW S for JP Berry Deputy Director visit tomorrow. CW S signed Auxiliary fan plan.

Thurs 28 … Office … 1/25000 plans to date. John Freeman Mech dept re various for writing a paper. Prints for Tommy Newsham re Auxiliary fans.

Fri 29 … Office … Info on 1/25000. General. Area HQ progress. Auxiliary fan plans to Tony Tryner Acting Ventilation Officer. Discuss JH re 59s.

Sat 30 … Office … JH Progress and Wall plan. Pollution Control plan - 14115 tons

May 1977 Alan Blyton, Ventilation Officer died in hospital

Mon 2 … U/g … Theodolite survey 1s panel and checked 10s LG bearing, Wild 150hp haulage site at top of Return drift, also 1s AW haulage. Check on Butterley bunker site … too deep to be 6 feet instead of 2m (6 feet 6 inches) … 5 men (RB*, DMP, JHs, MJ, JA) … Office … Calculated and plotted surveys.

Tues 3 … Office … Sorted 1s, 2s, 10s PG calculations into separate folders. Inked in PG 1s on 43/6666 sheet. Sections and stippling to date. Phone JRG re 2 copies on Ozaloft for Surface Demacation plan for Water pollution. Phone AV Goodwin U/m re borehole at 66s AW end, proving hole.

Wed 4 … Office … Finished PG 43/6666 Pit bottom. 2 prints showing proposed new Surface Fire fighting tank near No2 shaft for Tom Pallant and S Warrior Area HQ. Checking 1/5000 plan. Discuss JH, GM, AVG, DL and DM Parker 1s AW supports pack to face etc.

Thurs 5 … Office … General. Sections.
Funeral for Alan Blyton

Fri 6 … Office … General. Plotted 10s AW section. Checking through Levelling books re referencing Bench mark (BM) values. Progress. 2 negatives off Surface Demarcation plan (Manager’s area of responsibility). 1 spare and 1 for Water pollution.

Sat 7 … Office … Progress. Plan for Water Pollution - 15011 tons

Mon 9 … Office … Inked in 46s LG Junction. Entrance turn plan and prints. Continued with negative for Water Pollution Plan. Meeting 1.30pm … Development, Manpower Savings and results … R Anderson Production Manager. Plan for JH showing 58s and 59s swilleys. AE Betts re Water Pollution info and report.

Tues 10 … Office … Plan of PG with actual and projected gradients for CW S. Phone D Stone re same. Conveyor belt figures (DM Parker never heard of them before). George H Jackson phoned re Water Pollution and new Code of Practice for Fire Certificates.

Wed 11 … Office … S Lunnon discuss various. Completed second copy of Surface Water pollution plan and various appendices. Had the report typed and checked. Parkgate sketches for Len Wright President Notts. NUM. Phone AE Betts re various. Thoresby 93s TH workings to date on 43/6671.

Thurs 12 … Office … Updating 1/5000 master negatives and 1/5000 Wall plan negs and flat sheets. RB similar sketches of Parkgate for HMI GH Thomas.. Proposed amends to 66s LG end for JH.

Thurs 12 … Surface … RB with Gordon Fryer, Area Civil Engineer, Dennis Perry, Ted Hodgson … Marked out position of proposed 2,000 tons Rapid Loading Bunker

Fri 13 … Office … Plan for T Pallant showing proposed Water tank 24 feet x 20 feet near No2 shaft top. Filing system. Inked in 59s survey. Phone D Perry re Bunker. General. Tracing metric copies of plans to date, Discuss Benny Wells Head of Time / Wages re various.

Sat 14 … Office … Progress Area HQ and JH. Wall plans. Discuss Mick McGinty ATT re Loco house. Metrication plans for levels.
14626 tons

Mon 16 … Office … Confirmed with CW S re rerip about max 10 arches at PG No2 drive house at Whitsuntide. Discuss Fred Marples conveyor proposed alterations. Phone G Fryer Area Civil Engineer re proposed Rapid Loading Bunker to be 405 feet from Washery, 154 feet long and 33 feet wide from Weigh Bridge were measurements given. Phone BT Bailey re Wimpey coming to extend sloping pipes on Lagoon No8 boreholes. Plan to Wimpey workmen … left some pipes for safe keeping.
Parkgate Development Meeting 3pm… R Anderson … next meeting in 3 months time. Discuss Tom Grainger … Surface … Set out pegs for Rapid Loading Bunker … 3 men (RB*, DMP, JH).
Loco house and also 46s snicket both thirled … spot on …
Started Surface clean up
Personal phone for my office 271 … Main office 225

Tues 17 … Office … Levels in metric on plans. G Weeks re proposed Waffler head at 66s. Meeting 3pm … Time table and operations to do regarding Sir Derek Ezra’s visit on Wed July 13 … CW S

Wed 18 … Office … PG contours on 1/25000 in feet. Meeting 10.30am … Proposed 200 tons Butterley bunker in Parkgate … John Hickling, Mechanical Engineer HQ, Phone JRG. … Surface … Checked 50m Japanese tape on base line. O.k. Gas cap tests with David Lawson, Safety Engineer.

Thurs 19 … U/g … Grade line for Parkgate loco house entrance 1in18 RB with Ken Hartwell Area Tunnelling Team Super chargeman … Office … Squaring off lettering on new Parkgate master negatives.

Fri 20 … Office … General. Finished Manager’s 1/5000 neg. Prints. JRG re Dirt tip … Ray Kyme plus Wolfgang, a German student. Meeting 11am … Water Pollution Control … CJ Whyte and George H Jackson, RB. Meeting 2pm … No2 shaft alterations … R Anderson Production Manager. Discuss.

Sat 21 … 15021 tons
Jim Aitkin (JA) linesman left, Barry Kalnins (BK) started.                                       
Alterations to Conference Room adjacent to Survey office

Mon 23 … Office … General. Red reflective tape put on all tribrachs etc. … Surface … to Workshops, set out a 99 degree line for 46s LG conveyor (RB*, EWF and Fred Marples). Updated 1/5000 negs. Discuss Barry Kalnins (24/9/1959) re job. Ken Mirfin Bevercotes phoned re supports, prints sent.

Tues 24 … Office … General. Prints of Drifts and PG for G Mason. Discuss JH 59s LG section. Discuss E Gillfillan and K Hartwell Pit bottom. Print. I signed 2s PG layout plan. Discuss Derek Stone. Reg 12 Dirt tip Report (May 1977) read. Prints for Mick Young and Ted Hodgson.

Wed 25 … Office … Read Dirt tip report. Surface info etc. on PG plan. Planned Holiday Programme. Checked 2s PG plan … Surface … Measured Pit bottom arches in stock yard. Meeting 3.30pm … re NCB Chairman Sir Derek Ezra’s visit … CW S. Rep fetched the second Stilon tape back.

Thurs 26 … Office … Updating Offices plan with amends. NUM Gala Day plan and small sketch of same and prints. Meeting Ken Middleton Hollybank re No2 Pit bottom special arches … Ken Hartwell and Ron Adlington, chargeman ATT. Discuss JH and M Young re No2 Pit bottom arching and proposed platform for manriding top deck. Colouring 1/5000 prints. New Computer program re Triangulation, Tacheo, Distance reduction and Theodolite traverses.

Fri 27 … Office … Calculated and plotted 59s levels Calculated and plotted PG Loco house on 1/2500, 1/5000 and 1/10560. Plotted surveys to date and 46s Snicket on 1/2500. 1/5000 and 1/10560. Jack Lyons re new Electrical drawings.                                                               

Sat 28 … 12683 tons
New computer programmes re triangulation, tacheo, distance reduction and theodolite traverses

Mon 30 … Office … Reorganisation of filing system. HMI J Rushton re 46s Top Hard and 10s Parkgate support amends (RB) … Meeting CJ Whyte, JRG, RB, plus 2 re Water Pollution Control System. Bar chart for Cost Clerk.

Tues 31 … Office … Continued with re-organistion of filing system. Discuss CW S supports.

June 1977

Wed 1 … Office … Filing system … Surface … to Grimston Hill surface borehole … 1.90m Parkgate seam thickness (RB*)
Surface … Centre line under No1 Winding engine drum for Henry Boot sub-contractor … (RB*, EWF)

Thurs 2 … Office … Details of Linesmen’s duties etc. for National Surveyor, RJ Orchard in London. Tom Grainger re Butterley bunker pit.

Fri 3 … Holiday

Nill Tons

Mon 6 … Spring Bank Holiday … Statutory Holiday for Queen Elizabeth II R Silver Jubilee.
Annual Leave Wed 8 – Sat 11

7027 tons

Mon 13 … Office … Continued with re-organisation of filing system with EWF. Meeting Graham Woodrow, University of Nottingham re roadway convergence (RB).

Tues 14 … Office … Filing system with EWF. to Area HQ … Meeting … 3pm – 4.30pm R Anderson’s Group … Roy Stubbs Safety Engineer re Surveyors and Managers re Haulage and Transport accidents and format of Support Rules. (CJ Whyte) … J Burgess and Peter Thompson Harworth, R Siddall and John Eyre Blidworth, P Watt and G Austin Bilsthorpe, D Widdowson and G Hall Bevercotes, CW Standage and self Ollerton … Meeting … Gordon W Fryer Area Civil Engineer re 2s projection under No2 Tip (RB).
Putting new notices up.

Wed 15 … Office … Cont’d with filing system with EWF. Signed RICS diary for Graham Hall now at Bevercotes.

Thurs 16 … Filing system with EWF, DMP. Finished Top Hard, started on Parkgate. JH re 10s and 2s PG. Discuss R Flint Asst U/m re 10s face entry. Plotted 46s LG entry. Phone Leon ? Civil Engineer re 2s project working under culvert and No2 Dirttip. Prints for NUM Gala for Colin Gibson, Deputy.
Thurs 16 … Office … Shaft depths for Peter Hallam Mines Rescue Services Superintendent (RB).

Fri 17 … Office … Continued with filing system EWF and DMP and completed. JH re ventilation changes when Top Hard finishes production. Alan Goodwin Undermanager East side re water at bottom of 25s paddy, and 59s AW first engine. (RB)                                                           

Sat 18 … Office … Progress. Plans to date. Wall plans and ventilation on Wall plans. Plotted 59s and 10s levels. Notices for Benny Wells Time & Wages office. 14838 tons

Mon 20 … U/g … Line on 46s LG turn North side then to 66s panel East side and discuss AV Goodwin U/m discuss … 4 men (RB*, DS, JHs, KP) … Office … Discuss J Higginbotham and RF, AVG, GW. Chart for 46s face progress with G Weeks. Finished sorting out old notices. Plotted 46s Junction turn on ¼ scale. - (345 + 5 u/g)
Appointed Kevin Soar Chargeman linesman … trial, put him in charge because of his bellligerant manner and non-compliance etc. … he now had to organise others … it worked, attitude changed.

Tues 21 … Office … Finished re-filing Accident plans with EWF. Calculated and plotted 46s face thirling. … Surface … Workshop to see gearhead and check measures. Discuss JH. Re-filing Accident plans.

Wed 22 … Office … Finished re filing Accident plans with EWF. New Wall plan for Manager. Carpet. Checked steel order for John Mansfield Asst Storekeeper. Sketches and info for CW S re HMI visit tomorrow.

Thurs 23… U/g … Visit to Bevercotes … RB and Dougie Stockham with Graham Hall to Parkgate 59s Z system face … oil, very sticky and awful smell … Office … Support Rules etc. General discussion. … Office … Sorting out Cabinet filing.

Fri 24 … Office … General Correspondence. Sorting out cabinet filing. R Anderson and CW Standage re Support Rules. Discuss D Stone development.

Sat 25 … Office … Progress. Wall plan. Plotted 1s levels and contours. Discuss JH various.
Surface tidying cutting trees down at back of offices.
16155 tons

Mon 27 … Holiday

Tues 28 … Office … General. Sorting out note books and referencing boxes. Titles using Dynatape machine. Discuss JR Greasley, Senior Surveyor re Extensions to Winding engines.

Wed 29 … Office … Updating10 x 6 inch negatives for Quarter end. Re-numbering.

Thurs 30 … U/g … Statutory survey of 59s Top Hard … 4 men (RB*, DS, KS, KW) … Office … Calculated and plotted same.