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Strike Hit No. 3 Output

March 1952

South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 1 March 1952

Strike Hit No. 3 Output

A two-day dispute in the Silkstone Seam at Manvers Main Colliery affected Area No. 3 output last week.

Total output from the 13 pits was 139,831 tons, a decrease of 186 tons on the previous week.

Manvers output dropped from 20,354 tons the previous week to 17,953 tons.

Aldwarke and New Stubbin were the only pits to beat their targets.

Details

Colliery Last Week (tons) Previous Week (tons)
Aldwarke 6,575 6,519
Cortonwood 14,628 14,768
Elsecar 15,560 15,714
New Stubbin 11,350 10,450
Rotherham 2,568 2,490
Silverwood 15,119 15,078
Wentworth 899 935
Barnburgh 18,635 17,726
Cadeby 9,375 9,743
Denaby 12,025 11,706
Kilnhurst 3,386 3,726
Manvers 17,953 20,354
Wath 11,759 10,808
Total 139,831 140,017