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PRODUCTION AND MANPOWER RETURNS
FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 1998

Location
OPENCAST
UNDERGROUND
COMBINED
ENGLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Barnsley
4
75
295,237
 
 
 
4
75
295,237
Cumbria
3
100
238,041
1
8
1,095
4
108
239,136
Derbyshire
21
735
2,407,314
1
4
196
22
739
2,407,510
Doncaster
 
 
 
2
518
1,137,400
2
518
1,137,400
Durham
9
240
586,069
1
42
24,343
10
282
610,412
Gloucestershire
 
 
 
2
4
183
2
4
183
Kirklees
1
4
 
1
23
39,367
2
27
39,367
Lancashire
 
 
 
2
12
760
2
12
760
Leeds
6
96
335,141
 
 
 
6
96
335,141
Leicestershire
4
78
126,454
1
416
331,000
5
494
457,454
Newcastle upon Tyne
1
15
71,487
 
 
 
1
15
71,487
North Yorkshire
 
 
 
6
4,219
10,028,265
6
4,219
10,028,265
Northumberland
5
630
2,630,288
7
529
1,046,124
12
1,159
3,676,412
Nottinghamshire
 
 
 
7
3,128
7,082,899
7
3,128
7,082,899
Rotherham
2
144
398,123
1
604
1,492,527
3
748
1,890,650
Sheffield
 
 
 
1
18
15,211
1
18
15,211
Shropshire
2
30
78,524
 
 
 
2
30
78,524
St Helens
1
13
14,917
 
 
 
1
13
14,917
Staffordshire
2
133
549,887
4
450
805,052
6
583
1,354,939
Sunderland
1
56
241,990
 
 
 
1
56
241,990
Wakefield
1
19
77,471
1
618
1,635,818
2
637
1,713,289
Warwickshire
 
 
 
2
798
1,780,071
2
798
1,780,071
Wigan
2
33
155,088
 
 
 
2
33
155,088
Total for England
65
2,401
8,206,031
40
11,391
25,420,311
105
13,792
33,626,342
SCOTLAND
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Clackmannanshire
1
16
136,200
1
848
1,892,012
2
864
2,028,212
East Ayrshire
13
561
2,147,147
 
 
 
13
561
2,147,147
East Lothian
2
59
171,019
 
 
 
2
59
171,019
Falkirk
3
46
104,958
 
 
 
3
46
104,958
Fife
7
169
730,918
 
 
 
7
169
730,918
Midlothian
4
80
298,511
1
6
 
5
86
298,511
North Lanarkshire
11
195
616,269
 
 
 
11
195
616,269
Perth & Kinross
1
14
30,729
 
 
 
1
14
30,729
South Lanarkshire
6
319
2,002,311
 
 
 
6
319
2,002,311
West Lothian
2
26
94,060
1
28
24,818
3
54
118,878
Total for Scotland
50
1,485
6,332,122
3
882
1,916,830
53
2,367
8,248,952
WALES
Sites
Workers
Output
Mines
Workers
Output
No.
Workers
Output
Blaenau Gwent
 
 
 
1
2
1,105
1
2
1,105
Bridgend
1
62
303,562
 
 
 
1
62
303,562
Caerphilly
 
 
 
2
7
1,992
2
7
1,992
Carmarthenshire
4
223
270,397
6
270
93,314
10
493
363,712
Flintshire
 
 
 
1
4
 
1
4
0
Merthyr Tydfil
1
20
86,736
3
22
12,539
4
42
99,275
Neath Port Talbot
3
138
472,293
14
166
96,377
17
304
568,670
Powys
4
218
616,607
 
 
 
4
218
616,607
Rhondda Cynon Taff
 
 
 
2
350
543,440
2
350
543,440
Torfaen
 
 
 
4
29
18,481
4
29
18,481
Total for Wales
13
661
1,749,595
33
850
767,248
46
1,511
2,516,843
TOTAL FOR U.K.
128
4,547
16,287,748
76
13,123
28,104,389
204
17,670
44,392,137

There were an average of 83 opencast sites and 55 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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