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philfred

Shipley Colliery from Bulmer's 1895 Derbyshire
replied on: 4/17/2005 3:06:27 PM

From The Miners of Nottinghamshire Volume 1 1881 to 1914, the rates quoted are for Notts but the book says for price purposes the rate in Derbys would be the same as Notts, subject to local agreements.

First rate 1888 second rate 1914,

Piecework coalgetters 5s 4d(27p)/9s 10d(49p)

DayPaid Coal Getters 4s 6d(23p)/7s 0d(35p)

Putters/Haulage Hands 4s 0d(20p)/6s 8d(33p)

Timbermen/Rippers/Stonemen/Brushers 4s 8d(23p)/7s 0d(35p)

Deputies/Shotfirers 4s 5d(22p)/8s 0d(40p)

General Labourers 3s 5d(17p)/5s 8-1/2d(29p)

I suspect that the rates are per shift. The figure in brackets is the rate converted in to current terms. It does not seem very much for the effort put in to working underground in less than ideal conditions.

Hows that azzabuv, I surprise myself with the information I've got on cd. Further on in the book is a later agreement which gives the colliers working the Top Hard at Gedling Colliery a higher rate to the rest of the county. This was because the Top Hard at Gedling Coliery was more difficult to work than the rest of the county.

When I was at Ollerton Colliery the Top Hard was being worked. One of the faces, 116s, turned 27,500 tons of saleable coal in 15 cutting shifts in one week. This was taking a 6ft 6ins cut with a 22ins advance using an Anderson Boyes Double Ended Ranging Drum Shearer (DERDS). The coal used to come off the face and along the belts like a river in flood.

regards Phil

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