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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 1997

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
4
68
133,722
 
 
 
4
68
133,722
Coventry
 
 
 
1
120
26,381
1
120
26,381
Cumbria
3
97
311,968
1
9
542
4
106
312,511
Derbyshire
19
756
2,808,165
1
8
338
20
764
2,808,503
Doncaster
 
 
 
3
684
1,421,727
3
684
1,421,727
Durham
11
246
1,075,372
1
38
16,759
12
284
1,092,131
Gateshead
1
10
 
 
 
 
1
10
0
Kirklees
1
4
 
1
22
33,657
2
26
33,657
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
3
344
1
3
344
Leeds
3
56
313,450
 
 
 
3
56
313,450
Leicestershire
3
80
301,252
1
563
787,200
4
643
1,088,452
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
7
4,559
11,506,727
7
4,559
11,506,727
Northumberland
9
755
1,703,387
7
529
899,362
16
1,284
2,602,749
Nottinghamshire
1
31
119,149
7
3,412
8,618,210
8
3,443
8,737,358
Rotherham
1
116
406,179
1
721
1,831,523
2
837
2,237,702
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
18
12,700
1
18
12,700
Shropshire
4
67
43,471
 
 
 
4
67
43,471
St Helens
1
10
19,575
 
 
 
1
10
19,575
Staffordshire
2
143
848,764
6
588
936,485
8
731
1,785,250
Sunderland
2
79
91,680
 
 
 
2
79
91,680
Wakefield
2
24
9,673
1
678
1,969,540
3
702
1,979,213
Walsall
1
65
3,654
 
 
 
1
65
3,654
Warwickshire
 
 
 
2
840
1,764,631
2
840
1,764,631
Wigan
3
71
189,963
 
 
 
3
71
189,963
Total for England
71
2,678
8,379,424
42
12,792
29,826,126
113
15,470
38,205,550
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
14
36,694
1
955
1,233,719
2
969
1,270,413
East Ayrshire
9
405
1,856,295
 
 
 
9
405
1,856,295
East Lothian
1
56
31,293
 
 
 
1
56
31,293
Falkirk
3
63
150,035
 
 
 
3
63
150,035
Fife
7
153
526,363
 
 
 
7
153
526,363
Midlothian
4
116
509,384
3
312
171,474
7
428
680,858
North Lanarkshire
10
227
667,771
 
 
 
10
227
667,771
Perth & Kinross
4
68
80,014
 
 
 
4
68
80,014
South Lanarkshire
5
256
1,706,905
1
3
 
6
259
1,706,905
West Lothian
1
12
20,678
1
2
 
2
14
20,678
Total for Scotland
45
1,370
5,585,432
6
1,272
1,405,193
51
2,642
6,990,625
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
 
 
 
1
2
708
1
2
708
Caerphilly
1
37
1,131
1
3
2,058
2
40
3,189
Carmarthenshire
4
268
826,162
8
209
84,712
12
477
910,874
Flintshire
1
10
24,526
1
145
95,647
2
155
120,173
Merthyr Tydfil
1
18
64,647
3
21
14,263
4
39
78,910
Neath Port Talbot
5
219
689,735
21
325
137,745
26
544
827,480
Powys
3
187
552,904
 
 
 
3
187
552,904
Rhondda Cynon Taff
1
40
69,485
2
367
542,804
3
407
612,290
Swansea
 
 
 
1
7
521
1
7
521
Torfaen
 
 
 
5
28
13,675
5
28
13,675
Wrexham
1
9
31,917
 
 
 
1
9
31,917
Total for Wales
17
788
2,260,507
43
1,107
892,133
60
1,895
3,152,640
TOTAL FOR U.K.
133
4,836
16,225,363
91
15,171
32,123,452
224
20,007
48,348,815

There were an average of 82 opencast sites and 63 underground mines producing at any one time during the period

  • Tonnage and Manpower (which includes contractors) is primarily as declared by licensees but includes some estimates where returns have not been submitted.
  • The county for declaration purposes is where the opencast site centre or underground mine entrance is located.
  • Includes those mines/sites declaring manpower but with no output during the period.
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