Mexborough & Swinton Times — Friday, 28 October 1881

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

The quantity of coal sent from both the South and West Yorkshire collieries to Hull during the month of September, as well as during the first nine months of the year, shows a considerable increase.

The tonnage during September, by rail and water, was 142,190 tons, compared with 112,224 tons in the corresponding month of 1880—an increase of 29,966 tons.

Nearly 20,000 tons of this increase came from ten South and West Yorkshire collieries, including:

Denaby – 5,036 tons more than September 1880
Monk Bretton – 4,468 tons more
Wheldale – 2,362 tons more
Houghton Main – 3,137 tons more

The total quantity sent during the first nine months of the year amounted to 902,063 tons, an increase of 49,624 tons over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Denaby Leads All Collieries

The largest quantity dispatched by any single colliery during September was from Denaby Colliery, which supplied:

17,408 tons in September
9,412 tons of this were shipped by water
This represented an increase of over 5,000 tons compared with September 1880.

For the first nine months of the year, Denaby had supplied:

86,656 tons, compared with 82,778 tons during the same period in 1880.

Other Leading Collieries

West Riding & Silkstone Collieries – 10,898 tons (8,902 last year)
Allerton Main – 10,314 tons, including 7,698 tons by rail, exceeding its entire output for the corresponding period of the previous year.
Manvers Main – 4,555 tons, of which 2,968 tons went by water, though this represented a substantial fall from 6,800 tons in September 1880.
Monk Bretton (following the lengthy strike) – 4,724 tons, compared with only 256 tons last year.
St. John’s (Lockes), near Normanton – 761 tons, against 1,164 tons last year.
Wheldale Collieries – 6,390 tons, with 5,726 tons sent by rail, compared with 4,032 tons last year.
Whitwood Collieries showed a marked decline, sending 6,667 tons against 8,782 tons the previous year.

New South Yorkshire Collieries

Several recently developed South Yorkshire collieries showed rapid growth:

Wath Main – 1,644 tons by rail, compared with 201 tons last year.
Wharncliffe Carlton – 1,120 tons, compared with 460 tons.
Monkton Main – 2,786 tons, compared with 1,772 tons.

Exports

Coal exports during the first nine months of the year fell only slightly:

1880: 427,963 tons
1881: 427,521 tons

Despite the small reduction in exports, the article highlights a significant expansion in coal traffic to Hull, with Denaby Colliery standing as the district’s largest supplier, sending more coal than any other individual colliery during September 1881.