	Pentremawr Colliery	Index	Pentremawr Colliery

Pentremawr Colliery

also known as Capel Ifan Colliery

Location:	Pontyberem 8 miles [12 km] SE of Carmarthen
Map Ref:	(Sheet 159 Swansea and Gower) SN492103, 51° 46' 14" N, 4° 11' 9" W
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Closed:
Owners:	Pentremawr Colliery Co., Ltd.
	Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1896 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1900 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1905 - No. 1 Slant - Coal: Anthracite.
	1905 - No. 2 Slant - Coal: Anthracite.
	1905 - No. 3 Slant - Coal: Anthracite.
	1910 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1915 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (200,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 130 (96 below, 34 surface)
	1896 - 160 (128 below, 32 surface)
	1900 - 275 (207 below, 68 surface)
	1905 - No. 1 Slant - 198 (125 below, 73 surface)
	1905 - No. 2 Slant - 87
	1905 - No. 3 Slant - 16
	1910 - 643 (539 below, 104 surface)
	1915 - 463 (349 below, 114 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 - 840
	1933 - 1,042 (792 below, 250 surface)
	1937 - 1,042 (792 below, 250 surface)
	1940 - 789 (653 below, 136 surface)
	1947 - 660 (520 below, 140 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - No. 1 Slant - Gwendraeth
	1905 - No. 2 Slant - Gwendraeth
	1905 - No. 3 Slant - Gras
	1910 - Brazlid, Gras, Gwendraeth, Triquart
	1915 - Brazlid Gras, Gwendraeth, Pumpquart
Notes:	1966 - Linked undergound with Cynheidre Colliery
	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!

						Evans, John, 13 Sep 1901, aged 32, Rider, While riding up slant between the 2nd and 3rd tram of a "journey" of 10 trams, the rope broke. He failed to get off, and was fatally crushed when the journey in running back was stopped by the bar-hook
						Griffiths, John, 16 Nov 1925, aged 57, Haulier, Found dead under trams — lowering them when they ran over him
						Howells, David, 10 Sep 1906, aged 17, Hitcher, While attending to the points, a "journey" of trams ran back, and carried him 20 yds. down the slant. The pin of the first shackle was found out of the eye of the lower part of the jaw
						Morris, David, 09 Feb 1910, aged 58, Repairer, Struck by haulage rope while clearing road
						Owen, Edwin, 31 May 1902, 12.30 p.m., aged 32, Collier, While illegally riding on a full "journey," he struck his head against a collar and received fatal injuries
						Sankey, W. H., 20 Jul 1925, aged 49, Agent, Coming out on front end of tram and shoulder caught timber and squeezed — fatally fractured spinal column
						Thomas, Idwal, 22 Jan 1926, aged 21, Collier, Found gassed
						Thomas, Thomas, 17 May 1900, (accident: 12 Dec 1899, 12.30 p.m.), aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, a small piece of clod fell on him, having broken down between props. Died 17th May. Pumpquart seam

						8 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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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
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), 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
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
1937 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