1890:

• average output 1000 tons/day requiring more than 60 horses to transport coal from the faces to the pit bottom.

• 60HP electrical haulage installation under construction

1891:

• Jan:  main NE dip haulage begins operation, rope length 3450ft, 11 horses withdrawn
• Sep: main NE dip haulage rope extended by 1578ft, 6 horses withdrawn
• 6th Oct:      One man killed by a miss-fired shot.

1892:

• new South rise haulage installed - rope length 2514ft, 7 horses withdrawn
• average output now 1300 tons/day
• 26th July:      One man died from injury caused by lifting.
• Aug:      Duke of Devonshire agrees to lease 1476 acres of Top Hard coal to west of colliery.
• Aug:      Great Northern Railway survey underway.
• Oct:         J.A. Longden appointed Managing Director of Stanton Ironworks Co.

1893:

• no.1 West level haulage installed - rope length 5076ft, 6 horses withdrawn
• July: 59 year old “holer” killed by fall of coal.
• Oct:  24 year old “shunter” killed between wagons.

1894:

• main NE dip haulage rope extended by 1500ft, 5 horses withdrawn
• South rise haulage rope extended by 1500ft - 3 horses withdrawn
• April:      Duke of Portland agrees lease to work 1128 acres of Top Hard coal under Radmanthwaite and Pleasley Hill.

1895:

1896:

• manager         :  J Piggford
• undermanager    :  W Richardson
• manpower                  :  805 underground, 136 surface
• main NE dip haulage rope extended 1500ft - 4 horses withdrawn
• no.2 West level haulage installed - rope length 7614ft - 6 horses withdrawn
• new concentric DC cable installed in South shaft

1897:

• Jan:  44 year old “haulage contractor” killed by tubs.
• new twin DC generators installed in dynamo house.
• 5 motors now in operation underground.
• average output now 1700 tons/day.
• shorter working day introduced
• GNR railway construction work underway at SW of colliery site

1898:

• Jan:  34 year old “stallman” killed by fall of roof.
• 1st March   Great Northern railway opened for mineral traffic
• old South shaft single DC cables discontinued after insulation failure

1899:

• Jan:  49 year old “stallman” killed by fall of roof.
• maximum winding capacity reached at South pit.
• decision taken to install new headgear, winder and boilers at South pit.
• work commences on South pit upgrade

 

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