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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972
STV - Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1809-1960
12 - Markham Colliery production records - 1907-1946
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
NCB/A/STV/12/4
Former Reference
N14/18/2
Title
Markham Collieries Pit No. 1 and Washery summary monthly returns book
Date
May 1936-May 1940
Description
Columns (for Pit No. 1) for number of days worked, pit bank weight, average weight of coal tubs, tubs of dirt drawn, numbers of hands employed on surface (mechanics, screens, labourers, total), tons of various qualities of coal weighed over truck (subdivided into types of coal, with percentages and total tons for month), difference of weight between truck and bank machines, tons of dirt and dross from screens, number of hands underground (stallmen, day wage men, contractors not in coal, officers, absentees, total), number of coal tickets issued, number of ponies in pit (total in pit), number of boilers at pit (working, off work) and boiler consumption (proportion of slurry, total). Columns for Washery comprise tonnages put to Washer (Ell Coal, No. 2 Crusher, Shale, Deep Hard and No. 4 Crusher) and tons of various qualities of coal weighed over truck (subdivided into types of coal, with percentages and total tons for month).
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Markham Colliery
Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited
National Coal Board
Term
Horses
Coal mining
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