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Pits Worked at Week-End

January 1953

South Yorkshire Times and Express – Saturday 3 January 1953

Pits Worked at Week-End

Output figures for the first three days of last week at the 13 pits in the No. 3 Area of the North Eastern Divisional Coal Board totalled 77,246 tons. Some pits worked week-end shifts before Christmas but figures, compared with the previous week, show a decrease of 32,776 tons.

Details:

Colliery Last Week Previous Week
Aldwarke 2,500 5,724
Cortonwood 9,103 12,016
Elsecar 8,930 13,917
New Stubbin 6,980 8,065
Rotherham 1,514 1,614
Silverwood 12,136 13,232
Wentworth 539 1,180
Barnburgh 8,325 14,495
Cadeby 4,400 10,913
Denaby 4,875 13,096
Kilnhurst 2,210 2,505
Manvers Main 11,480 18,846
Wath 4,253 5,999
Total 77,246 121,655