Pwllbach Colliery

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	Pwllbach Colliery	Index	Pwllbach Colliery

Location:	Ystalyfera 11½ miles [18 km] NE of Swansea
Map Ref:	(Sheet 160 Breacon Beacons) SN765085, 51° 45' 40" N, 3° 47' 23" W
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Owners:	Pwllbach Colliery Co.
	Pwllbach Colliery Co., Ltd.
	Henderson's Welsh Anthracite Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Anthracite. Fireclay.
	1896 - Coal: Anthracite. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Anthracite. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1910 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1915 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (80,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 55 (47 below, 8 surface)
	1896 - 83 (71 below, 12 surface)
	1900 - 91 (78 below, 13 surface)
	1905 - 66 (54 below, 12 surface)
	1910 - 87 (70 below, 17 surface)
	1915 - 161 (131 below, 30 surface)
	1923 - 157 (124 below, 33 surface)
	1933 - 200 (160 below, 40 surface)
	1940 - 341 (269 below, 72 surface)
	1947 - 450 (350 below, 100 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Red Vein
	1910 - Red Vein
	1915 - Red Vein
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Evans, William, 05 Jun 1894, (accident: 20 Dec 1893), aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof (cliff 4ft. x 3ft. x 14ins thick) at face of stall from between three slips. He had been told by the fireman (his father) to prop the place but neglected to do so. Died 5th June 1894. Red vein (anthracite)

Jones, William Henry, 15 May 1937, aged 41, Explosion from boiler, possible caused by bursting of tubes at hot end of economiser due to unusual thermal stress or shock [More information ...]

Jones, William Rees, 15 May 1937, aged 31, Explosion from boiler, possible caused by bursting of tubes at hot end of economiser due to unusual thermal stress or shock [More information ...]

Morgan, John, 14 Aug 1902, 10.30 a.m., aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; clift, 11 ft. x 1 to 5 ft., from between two 'smooths' meeting at top, where he had just removed the coal after a shot. Red vein

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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
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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