	Dillwyn Colliery	Index	Dillwyn Colliery

Dillwyn Colliery

Location:	Seven Sisters 12½ miles [20 km] NE of Swansea
Map Ref:	(Sheet 160 Breacon Beacons) SN809071, 51° 44' 58" N, 3° 43' 32" W
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Owners:	John Garbutt and Sons
	Dillwyn Colliery Co., Ltd.
	Dillwyn Colliery Co. (1929) Ltd.
	Evans and Bevan Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1896 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1900 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1905 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1910 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1915 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1915 - Lower - Coal: Anthracite.
	1947 - Coal: Anthracite, Steam. (75,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 28 (21 below, 7 surface)
	1896 - 60 (53 below, 7 surface)
	1900 - 118 (104 below, 14 surface)
	1905 - 107 (94 below, 13 surface)
	1910 - 189 (166 below, 23 surface)
	1915 - 73 (53 below, 20 surface)
	1915 - Lower - 57 (54 below, 3 surface)
	1923 - Lower - 153 (146 below, 7 surface)
	1923 - Upper - 246 (218 below, 28 surface)
	1933 - 250
	1933 - Lower - 150
	1940 - 471 (393 below, 78 surface)
	1947 - 362 (293 below, 69 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Red Vein
	1910 - Red Vein
	1915 - Red Vein
	1915 - Lower - Red Vein
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Davies, Kenneth Leslie, 29 Dec 1958, aged 58, Deputy, Overcome by gas [More information ...]
						Hopkins, Rees, 07 Sep 1910, aged 42, Collier, Fall of roof at working face. A piece of rock in the form of a "bell stone" fell on him
						Howells, Thomas, 01 Jan 1913, aged 45, Surface Foreman, In assisting to lower two wagons containing bricks, on a surface siding, the wagons got out of control — inclination 1 in 50 — he pushed an iron "pinch" bar into one of the wheels, but the bar broke and he was thrown under one of the hind wheels
						Jones, Evan, 13 Jan 1925, (accident: 07 Jan 1925), aged 20, Colliers helper, Preparing a shot when cannister ignited — severe burns. Died 13th
						Lewis, Morgan, 06 Nov 1914, aged 36, Master Haulier, He appears to have fallen off the first shackle of a full journey upon which he was riding
						Phillips, L., 05 Nov 1937, aged 41, killed by an explosion of gas
						Samuel, Thomas, 15 Jun 1909, aged 26, Haulier, While hauling out three trams loaded with coal along a level roadway, he probably fell off the "gun" upon which he was riding ; he was found later suffering from a fractured skull, and died the same day
						Segadelli, Peter, 29 Dec 1958, aged 20, Miner, Overcome by gas [More information ...]

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Swansea District (No. 11) by J. Dyer Lewis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website