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    Pits Worked at Week-End

    South Yorkshire Times and Express – Saturday 3 January 1953

    Pits Worked at Week-End

    Output figures for the first three days of last week at the 13 pits in the No. 3 Area of the North Eastern Divisional Coal Board totalled 77,246 tons. Some pits worked week-end shifts before Christmas but figures, compared with the previous week, show a decrease of 32,776 tons.

    Details:

    Colliery Last Week Previous Week
    Aldwarke 2,500 5,724
    Cortonwood 9,103 12,016
    Elsecar 8,930 13,917
    New Stubbin 6,980 8,065
    Rotherham 1,514 1,614
    Silverwood 12,136 13,232
    Wentworth 539 1,180
    Barnburgh 8,325 14,495
    Cadeby 4,400 10,913
    Denaby 4,875 13,096
    Kilnhurst 2,210 2,505
    Manvers Main 11,480 18,846
    Wath 4,253 5,999
    Total 77,246 121,655