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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 1996

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
6
133
259,230
 
 
 
6
133
259,230
Coventry
 
 
 
1
120
215,207
1
120
215,207
Cumbria
2
81
193,497
 
 
 
2
81
193,497
Derbyshire
11
567
2,634,840
1
10
750
12
577
2,635,590
Doncaster
 
 
 
3
644
1,422,324
3
644
1,422,324
Durham
15
308
1,248,893
1
29
11,021
16
337
1,259,914
Gateshead
1
10
16,872
 
 
 
1
10
16,872
Kirklees
 
 
 
1
20
30,517
1
20
30,517
Lancashire
 
 
 
1
5
2,724
1
5
2,724
Leeds
4
56
98,970
 
 
 
4
56
98,970
Leicestershire
3
78
456,228
1
552
487,145
4
630
943,373
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
7
4,478
13,785,048
7
4,478
13,785,048
Northumberland
7
593
2,078,335
7
546
1,157,588
14
1,139
3,235,923
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
7
3,553
8,310,782
7
3,553
8,310,782
Rotherham
1
132
181,090
1
714
1,981,639
2
846
2,162,729
Sandwell
1
5
3,466
 
 
 
1
5
3,466
Sheffield
1
7
3,037
1
15
11,979
2
22
15,016
Shropshire
2
35
237,881
 
 
 
2
35
237,881
Staffordshire
1
125
668,780
5
523
1,019,653
6
648
1,688,433
Sunderland
1
30
385,686
 
 
 
1
30
385,686
Wakefield
6
103
240,716
1
676
1,988,338
7
779
2,229,054
Walsall
1
65
44,415
 
 
 
1
65
44,415
Warwickshire
 
 
 
2
854
1,859,844
2
854
1,859,844
Wigan
3
66
212,482
 
 
 
3
66
212,482
Wolverhampton
1
18
20,304
 
 
 
1
18
20,304
Total for England
67
2,412
8,984,722
40
12,739
32,284,559
107
15,151
41,269,281
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
 
 
 
1
1,113
1,492,894
1
1,113
1,492,894
East Ayrshire
6
236
990,976
 
 
 
6
236
990,976
East Lothian
1
68
344,995
 
 
 
1
68
344,995
Falkirk
5
67
126,162
 
 
 
5
67
126,162
Fife
4
81
915,724
 
 
 
4
81
915,724
Midlothian
5
155
513,807
1
306
250,036
6
461
763,842
North Lanarkshire
9
118
459,192
 
 
 
9
118
459,192
Perth & Kinross
3
69
299,749
 
 
 
3
69
299,749
South Lanarkshire
6
228
1,291,684
1
22
13,820
7
250
1,305,504
West Lothian
2
34
119,280
1
14
3,301
3
48
122,581
Total for Scotland
41
1,056
5,061,569
4
1,455
1,760,051
45
2,511
6,821,620
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Caerphilly
1
37
161,250
1
4
1,687
2
41
162,937
Carmarthenshire
3
252
731,141
9
280
147,587
12
532
878,728
Flintshire
 
 
 
1
239
338,294
1
239
338,294
Merthyr Tydfil
 
 
 
3
25
13,163
3
25
13,163
Neath Port Talbot
4
163
451,821
19
238
85,498
23
401
537,319
Powys
2
125
444,845
 
 
 
2
125
444,845
Rhondda Cynon Taff
1
60
182,109
2
339
538,166
3
399
720,274
Swansea
 
 
 
1
13
3,171
1
13
3,171
Torfaen
1
55
47,490
3
23
11,488
4
78
58,978
Wrexham
2
16
24,310
 
 
 
2
16
24,310
Total for Wales
14
708
2,042,966
39
1,161
1,139,054
53
1,869
3,182,020
TOTAL FOR U.K.
122
4,176
16,089,257
83
15,355
35,183,664
205
19,531
51,272,921

There were an average of 82 opencast sites and 70 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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