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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 1999

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
2
50
241,453
 
 
 
2
50
241,453
Cumbria
1
42
49,380
1
7
1,142
2
49
50,522
Derbyshire
12
463
1,263,654
1
3
 
13
466
1,263,654
Doncaster
 
 
 
3
720
1,006,436
3
720
1,006,436
Durham
7
166
401,290
1
42
23,356
8
208
424,646
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
3
4
471
3
4
471
Kirklees
1
4
 
1
21
38,963
2
25
38,963
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
4
1,300
1
4
1,300
Leeds
6
156
800,277
 
 
 
6
156
800,277
Leicestershire
3
63
373,666
1
2
 
4
65
373,666
Newcastle upon Tyne
1
14
16,138
 
 
 
1
14
16,138
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
5
2,859
7,888,483
5
2,859
7,888,483
Northumberland
5
600
2,222,721
6
561
1,210,712
11
1,161
3,433,433
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
6
2,867
6,256,896
6
2,867
6,256,896
Rotherham
2
147
456,629
1
500
1,333,678
3
647
1,790,307
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
22
20,085
1
22
20,085
Shropshire
2
21
24,521
 
 
 
2
21
24,521
St Helens
1
14
18,711
 
 
 
1
14
18,711
Staffordshire
3
127
428,992
2
455
557,200
5
582
986,192
Sunderland
1
53
313,133
 
 
 
1
53
313,133
Wakefield
1
9
14,751
1
571
1,563,630
2
580
1,578,381
Walsall
1
39
143,068
 
 
 
1
39
143,068
Warwickshire
 
 
 
1
686
1,494,390
1
686
1,494,390
Wigan
2
36
265,499
 
 
 
2
36
265,499
Total for England
51
2,004
7,033,883
35
9,324
21,396,741
86
11,328
28,430,624
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
21
121,711
1
786
1,600,241
2
807
1,721,952
East Ayrshire
16
633
2,368,741
 
 
 
16
633
2,368,741
East Lothian
2
152
281,101
 
 
 
2
152
281,101
Falkirk
1
6
6,751
 
 
 
1
6
6,751
Fife
9
142
578,895
 
 
 
9
142
578,895
Midlothian
4
78
196,907
1
4
 
5
82
196,907
North Lanarkshire
9
191
553,403
 
 
 
9
191
553,403
Perth & Kinross
1
11
8,721
 
 
 
1
11
8,721
South Lanarkshire
4
273
2,231,770
 
 
 
4
273
2,231,770
West Lothian
2
26
74,370
1
15
10,314
3
41
84,684
Total for Scotland
49
1,533
6,422,369
3
805
1,610,555
52
2,338
8,032,924
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
 
 
 
1
3
1,115
1
3
1,115
Bridgend
1
62
349,698
 
 
 
1
62
349,698
Caerphilly
 
 
 
1
3
60
1
3
60
Carmarthenshire
3
132
21,575
4
162
140,349
7
294
161,924
Flintshire
1
9
11,676
1
1
 
2
10
11,676
Merthyr Tydfil
1
14
25,031
2
16
6,185
3
30
31,216
Neath Port Talbot
8
319
724,468
9
137
75,860
17
456
800,328
Powys
3
130
374,893
 
 
 
3
130
374,893
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
2
376
505,722
2
376
505,722
Torfaen
 
 
 
3
28
18,779
3
28
18,779
Total for Wales
17
666
1,507,341
23
726
748,070
40
1,392
2,255,411
TOTAL FOR U.K.
117
4,203
14,963,593
61
10,855
23,755,366
178
15,058
38,718,959

There were an average of 72 opencast sites and 44 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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