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Ammanford Collieries Co., Ltd.

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1894

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford	Ammanford	Daniel Rees	152	58


1896

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	176	46


1900

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	223	54


1905

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford, Little Vein	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	247	82
Ammanford, Red Vein	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	146	21

			393	103

			496


1910

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford, Little Vein	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	302	115
Ammanford, Red Vein	Ammanford	Erne Hewlett	285	37

			587	152

			739


1923

Company Details

Registered Office:	Ammanford, R.S.O., Carmarthen
Class of Coal:	Anthracite
Source: 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

Company Directors

Directors:	Darlington, H. E.
	Herbert, H.
	Hewlett, A.
	Hewlett, E.
Secretary:	Ellis, Thomas R. R., Sir

Source: 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Ammanford Little Vein (Slant)	Ammanford	D. Davies	414	159
Ammanford Red Vein (Slant)	Ammanford	Daniel Davies	249	49
Pontyberem (Slants)	Pontyberem	D. Mainwaring	3	17
Pontyberem, Clynhebog (Slant)	Pontyberem	D. Mainwaring	385	124

			1,051	349

			1,400


Sources

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
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report

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