| Administrative History | The Blackwell Colleiry Company sunk its second pit at Blackwell in 1872-1873. It was located just to the north of South Normanton. It worked the Low Main, Deep Hard, Waterloo, Blackshale, Threequarter and Yard coal seams. There were attempts to work the Top Hard seam but these never got past the exploratory stage.
The onsite coke ovens produced coke, sulphate of ammonia and benzol. There was also an onsite blacksmith workshop and brickworks containing 4 working kilns. The colliery shared the facilities with Blackwell ‘A’ Winning. The pits were also connected underground. With the sharing of facilities, ‘B’ Winning was known for being a frugal pit and often reused old roadway supports.
The colliery was transferred to the National Coal Board during the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. The highest recorded output was 371,102 tons in 1956, with the highest recorded manpower of 626 in 1958. Blackwell "B" Winnings Colliery closed in 1964.
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