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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2000

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
1
30
176,994
 
 
 
1
30
176,994
Cumbria
1
41
173,306
1
7
1,303
2
48
174,610
Derbyshire
6
231
643,248
 
 
 
6
231
643,248
Doncaster
 
 
 
2
563
1,327,492
2
563
1,327,492
Durham
6
125
402,687
1
42
5,736
7
167
408,423
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
3
3
313
3
3
313
Kirklees
1
4
 
1
22
40,831
2
26
40,831
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
2
195
1
2
195
Leeds
3
119
907,607
 
 
 
3
119
907,607
Leicestershire
3
79
400,091
 
 
 
3
79
400,091
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
5
2,534
6,348,839
5
2,534
6,348,839
Northumberland
6
567
1,805,151
6
508
923,686
12
1,075
2,728,837
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
6
2,685
5,592,940
6
2,685
5,592,940
Rotherham
1
127
518,568
1
530
1,193,615
2
657
1,712,183
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
22
26,910
1
22
26,910
Shropshire
3
18
36,218
 
 
 
3
18
36,218
St Helens
1
13
53,837
 
 
 
1
13
53,837
Staffordshire
1
80
372,242
 
 
 
1
80
372,242
Sunderland
1
49
243,013
 
 
 
1
49
243,013
Wakefield
2
57
214,957
1
544
1,341,909
3
601
1,556,866
Walsall
1
34
122,895
 
 
 
1
34
122,895
Warwickshire
1
28
23,452
1
574
1,149,765
2
602
1,173,217
Wigan
2
16
70,717
 
 
 
2
16
70,717
Total for England
40
1,618
6,164,982
30
8,036
17,953,534
70
9,654
24,118,516
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
3
69
391,197
1
709
995,984
4
778
1,387,181
East Ayrshire
15
637
2,883,215
 
 
 
15
637
2,883,215
East Lothian
1
75
523,575
 
 
 
1
75
523,575
Fife
8
146
605,368
 
 
 
8
146
605,368
Midlothian
2
40
253,110
1
1
 
3
41
253,110
North Lanarkshire
6
168
715,878
 
 
 
6
168
715,878
South Lanarkshire
7
306
1,840,834
 
 
 
7
306
1,840,834
West Lothian
1
12
10,601
 
 
 
1
12
10,601
Total for Scotland
43
1,453
7,223,778
2
710
995,984
45
2,163
8,219,762
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
 
 
 
1
4
1,547
1
4
1,547
Bridgend
1
62
429,176
 
 
 
1
62
429,176
Carmarthenshire
1
3
417
2
131
119,062
3
134
119,479
Merthyr Tydfil
 
 
 
1
8
1,384
1
8
1,384
Neath Port Talbot
9
327
924,452
5
97
43,062
14
424
967,514
Powys
3
92
186,125
 
 
 
3
92
186,125
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
2
371
459,997
2
371
459,997
Torfaen
 
 
 
2
21
17,680
2
21
17,680
Total for Wales
14
484
1,540,170
13
632
642,732
27
1,116
2,182,902
TOTAL FOR U.K.
97
3,555
14,928,930
45
9,378
19,592,250
142
12,933
34,521,180

There were an average of 59 opencast sites and 35 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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