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Colliery Facts from Archive records
On this page you can read facts about the colliery taken from various sources and other mines from around the country,these are all true to fact and are exact copies word for word,if you have any further items to add please send them into kathryn641@hotmail.com
This is a letter to show the original owners of Leycett Colliery April 17th1794:
We have this day said that no colliers shall be allowed to take away coals except for their own fires (and those small coals in bags) on the penalty of five shillings to be deducted from their wages - for each offence-and that the ironstone getters shall have no coal except for their own fires and which they are to get themselves under the direction of Mr Embleton and no other people to have coals on any account whatsoever.
M. Settle invented the water cartridge for safer blasting, he had now in 1887 invented the first lights underground filled with water or air to light the mines and also a hand held lamp although this was a bit too heavy.
This is a letter to show the original owners of Leycett Colliery April 17th1794:
We have this day said that no colliers shall be allowed to take away coals except for their own fires (and those small coals in bags) on the penalty of five shillings to be deducted from their wages - for each offence-and that the ironstone getters shall have no coal except for their own fires and which they are to get themselves under the direction of Mr Embleton and no other people to have coals on any account whatsoever.
Signed James Breck, Tom Breck, Sam Hopkins and Thomas Poole,William Hyatt (by 1894 he had sold up) -
The first indenture was for 63 years at £63 a year for land rent plus mine rents was paid by tons.
****************************************************************** For the first 7 years Leycett cost £8000 a year to keep it open or it would have shut. Before 1797 Mr Sneyd was owed £17000. The ironworks only lasted about 7 years and was closed because it was a loss making concern.
By 1815 Leycett Colliery was deeply in debt they owed Mr Sneyd £8,315.2s 8d excluding £10000 what they owed for mine rents.
By 1814 the money owed was upwards of £33000 and the assets was only about £5000. By this year Mr Sneyd wanted to pack up the partnerships as he was putting 1/3 rd of the money in instead of 1/5th.
By 1814 Tom and James Breck had both died and left their nephew John Gardner as executor.
TOm Poole had died leaving James his son as executor and Sam Hoskins had got rid of his shares to Tom Hewitt.
BY October 24th1946 there was 15m tons of coal left to be worked from 9 seams, what happened to all that coal.
After nationalisation except for 1949 Leycett seemed to be a loss making concern. But that was what the NCB did to get rid. When closed down Leycett only owed about £1/2 m.The one who lost most money was Mr Sneyd himself.
M. Settle invented the water cartridge for safer blasting, he had now in 1887 invented the first lights underground filled with water or air to light the mines and also a hand held lamp although this was a bit too heavy.
Miles Settle was also joint managing director of Madeley Coal & Iron Co and Madeley Collieries Co.
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