Daw Mill Colliery,UK`s Highest Ever Coal Producing Coal Mine.
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- Subscribe to my you tube channel for 200+ more coal mine tributes and counting. Daw mill mined a five-metre thick section of the Warwickshire Coalfield (known as the Warwickshire Thick) in the north of the county. It was owned and operated by UK Coal and in 2008 employed 680 people.The two shafts that served Daw Mill were first sunk between 1956 and 1959, and 1969 and 1971 respectively. The mine was a natural extension of the former collieries Kingsbury Colliery and Dexter Colliery, both of which have also closed. In 1983 an inclined tunnel linking underground workings with the surface was completed. This drift mining enabled Daw Mill to increase its production capacity as it removed the often time-consuming process of winding coal up the shafts.Daw Mill was the last surviving mine in a county that once had 20 operating collieries. In 2008 it excavated 3.25 million tonnes of coal, beating a 13-year-old record for annual output at a British coal mine set at Selby in North Yorkshire. On 22 February 2013, a major fire broke out 500 metres (1,600 ft) underground, described as the worst underground blaze in Britain for 30 years. UK Coal and Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that 92 workers were safely extracted. As of 7 March 2013 the fire had still not been fully extinguished. It was initially estimated that remedial work to the colliery could take between three and six months, making a return to production subject to a further review, resulting in the possible immediate closure of the mine.On 14 March 2012 it was reported that UK Coal had begun a consultation process as part of plans for a company restructure which could see the closure of the mine in 2014.The Coal Authority stated in a 2012 report that if High Speed 2 were to be built, then Daw Mill would be forced to close due to associated development and the effects on local groundworks.
On 7 March 2013 UK Coal announced the closure of the mine, due to the destructive fire which had extensively damaged it, with the plan to make most of the 650 staff redundant.. British Coal fined £1.2m over the deaths of four mineworkers.The UK’s largest coal mining company has been fined a total of £1.2m over the deaths of four workers at two of its collieries during 2006 and 2007.UK Coal Mining Ltd pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and was convicted and sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on 14 December. The company was fined £112,500 in connection with each of the four fatalities and had to pay costs of £187,500 in each case. Fines and costs amounted to £1.2m.At an earlier hearing in October the judge, Mr Justice MacDuff, said that imposing large fines would be in “nobody’s interest” as the company had been struggling financially since the recession and “provided energy to the nation, employment, and a valuable service all round”. As such, the fines imposed on the struggling company were near the minimum outlined by the sentencing guidelines. The judge urged the families of the victims to consider the combined total penalty and the impact this would have on the firm.
Mr Justice MacDuff told the court: “These were, of course, dreadful accidents. They were preventable accidents. However, unlike most criminal acts, there was no intention to kill or injure. But the law rightly demands a high duty of care by employers for the safety of their employees and other workers.”
The court heard that Trevor Steeples died on 19 June 2006 at Daw Mill colliery, near Coventry. Mr Steeples was asphyxiated due to oxygen deprivation when he was exposed to high levels of methane. The HSE investigation found the company had failed to ensure that accurate readings of oxygen and methane were carried out.
The following month, mineworker Paul Hunt, from Swadlincote in Derbyshire, died at Daw Mill after falling from a poorly maintained underground transporter into the path of a moving train. UK Coal admitted they had failed to prevent workers riding on the unsafe transporter and had failed to replace it.
The third incident also occurred at Daw Mill colliery. On 17 January 2007, Anthony Garrigan died while installing bolts to keep a support wall in place. He was crushed when more than 100 tonnes of inadequately supported coal and stone collapsed on him.In addition, the court heard how, on 3 November 2007, Paul Milner died at Welbeck colliery in Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire. Mr Milner was attempting to install additional roof supports, but was crushed under approximately 90 tonnes of rock when a roof area collapsed.
After the hearing HSE mines inspector Bob Leeming commented: “Fewer than 4,000 people are employed in the UK mining sector, which makes four deaths within 18 months even more stark. These tragic incidents follow a four and a half year period where there were no deaths in the whole UK mining industry.
My boyfriend Craig foster worked in this mine he had an accident under ground like all the other miners are amazing people thank you xx
The mines should never had closed good men worked in them all over the U K to all the miners that worked in them THANK YOU ALL ❤ X
the uk has one coal mine, who is going to buy coal from a country with one singular rail connection to the rest of the world?
Thank you for your reply x
@@KingFinnch Because that one railway doesn't connect the rest of the world. Ports and ships do. And planes, but they don't carry coal. Also, one rail line out of the UK can link as far as China.
It is clear that you have no grasp of the downside of burning millons of tonnes of deep mined coal or the cost of extraction compared to vast opencast mines in Australia, Colombia etc.
The mining communities were tight-knit, proud and resolute and their efforts were highly appreciated and valued.
But in a global world you cannot live for yesterday as otherwise the economy and standards of living will rapidly decline and public services , pensions etc be unaffordable.
Harsh reality.
All the best from an EX miner from Germany.
My boyfriend fozz worked in this mine he had an accident underground he like all the other miners are amazing people thank you all xxx
I remember my Grandad who was a coal face overman relating a bizarre occurrence on his coal face at kellingley colliery in the 1970’s.
According to his diary, and I quote; “The machine driver was on the 3rd strip of the shift and as they cut into the loader gate stable, a huge area of coal parted, revealing an undisturbed scene of what looked like fossilised humanoids sat at some kind of alter with various religious artefacts. Everyone was utterly astonished and the men shouted for me to get there fast and tell them what they should do next…”
Sounds like the start of good story.
@Nick Gillespie What this moran said.^
You have a start to a very intriguing story. Please continue. There are other stories like this, regarding coal lines and what has been found.
Can you say which coal face it was plz ?
25 years a coal miner a brotherhood of great men 👍
i work in an australian underground coal mine that produces coking coal, awesome seeing how you guys do it similar
Worked there as a roof bolting contractor, it was one of 26 collieries where I visited, I remember it by our nickname of Tread Mill. It's a question which was the worst for man riding/ walking in or out this or Selby. Never found it a particularly nice place to work. For the shear crack with the lads, I would say that Littleton was the most enjoyable, their humour was brilliant.
Was a miner for nearly 30 years. The last 16 years of those 30 was spent at Daw mill, i worked my last shift there on the very day that 32s coal face caught fire which resulted in the closure of the pit.
I worked on and built the AM 500 double ended shears used at Daw Mill in the 1980's. They were absolutely huge machines. I never worked on any coal face machinery for any other colliery like that for Daw Mill.
I started work as an apprentice electrician at age 15 in 1957 working for the NCB at various pits in the NW area...........
We had Daw Mill Coal, that had been sent Cammac's at Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, for cracking down to Singles and Coal Flow Pearls sizes.
Good hard Coal.
We mixed it in our stockyard with stuff from Rossington, Markham Main, Hatfield, Kiveton Park, to name but a few.
All went to heat, Sheffield City Councils, Schools, City Hall, Education Office, Kelvin Flats, the bigger South Yorkshire Police Station, South Yorkshire Fire Service Stations, Morphy Richards, Swinton, Rotherham, Croda Hydrocarbons, Kilnhurst, Rotherham, and most of the Hospitals in Sheffield, except the Royal Hallamshire.
Usually delivered by our Blowers. Though, Morphy's and the big new Fire Station in Sheffield City Centre were Tipper jobs.
..... and there was me working on a 30 inch high face 300 yards long at a gradient of 1 in 0.9 and running with water .... some certainly had it easier than others. Having said that, I still miss the lads, the camaraderie and the ever present humour
a like from Germany, regards from ex-Luisenthal miner !
Les Lilley (No 1. Winder) at Daw Mill from 1982 to 1993. RIP Dad.
My Dad was a coal miner here from 1980 to 2013. The way they were treated after their redundancy was abominable. Because of legal loopholes, the miners are still owed thousands in redundancy money.
I went to the unveiling of the Miners' Memorial 2 years ago at the National Memorial Arboretum as it's close to where I live and I have never witnessed such a degree of classism as I did that day. They had selected people, including the Queen's cousin among other wealthy figures, given chairs to sit and listen to the service while the rest of us, including my Dad and a former co-worker who were actually miners, had to stand behind a rope and watch from the neighboring garden.
Ironically, the hymns were accompanied by a brass band which originates from the working-class men of Britain and has a strong historical presence in the mining community.
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Good choice of singer. David Alexander was a brilliant artist. Left this world much too soon. Just like the mines really. Miss them days, miss my mates, never found the like after.
i worked at Coventry in the 80's and same seam, took about 9 feet but left another 6ft behind whereas in those pics it looks like they had worked out how to take a much thicker slice, 1 pic it looks about 15 to 20 ft, that's how you get 3million tonnes in a year, but the problem the fire risk in the waste would be high. Love the films buddy, but i prefer 'they don't dig for coal here anymore' i love that song, keep up the good work. Test for you, there was a 'Newcastle colliery' in nottingham once upon a time, or Teversal or more tricky .. Skegby Pit .. would love to see some pics of that.
... i also met 1 guy who worked at Binley Pit Coventry, also Baddesley, Birch Coppice which was a training pit .. South Bench Hill ... was steep, all long, long, long gone
Bench Hill long and narrow chased up it a few times hahaha
loved every shift. apart from sunday nights. happy days.
what i would give to cut one more strip of coal . with my old team . wheldale / riccall
as far as i,m concerned, coal should still be cut all over the uk, cos we still have massive huge best quality coal reserves left, all over the the uk, up here in cumbria, their wanting to open a new coal mine, that has had the go ahead numerous times from the local council, but all the usuly out of work do-gooder,s that don,t want to work, are against it, why do authoritys listen to these idiots ?, the coal seam they obv,ly wanting to mine is the same massive coal seam that the last local colliery was mining when it was closed in 1986(haig colliery)& has enough good quality coking coal which is essential for steel production, left in it to keep the new mine open for atleast 50yr, but all the do-good brigade, would rather see it brought here from china, or columbia ,i hope it goes ahead cos it would make a massive contribution to the local area where everyone would benifit, inc the do-good gang. & if any do-good brigade member gets in the way the local police should be there to arrest them & give them a heavy fine.
Worked Josh!? 😉 Daw Mill the mother pit! Good video, best lads I’ve had the pleasure of working with 👊🏻
Awesome video thanks for your time ex miner from Florence colliery good days
Thanks Michael, great to watch :)
The money was crap but good blokes kept me there
Worked there 2007 till 2013 - was ok once I’d mastered the language 🤣🤣
i live down the road in wood end, god bless all miners,x...
I found out that my dad's grandfather was killed in a mining accident underground he was 29 years old to all the mining families who lost love ones in mining accidents thinking of you all ❤x
Amazing coincidence that as soon as the pit was closed for ever and the site had been cleared it was declared the fire was out. We now also know that it was in the way of HS2. Who would have though it.....
Cant have been that hard considering height of face and length of gates
contracted there in the 80s putting the drift belts in. only names i can remember are Fessey, Manners and john sanderson who i think was a deputy
Dead but never forgotten always in my heart not just a job but a life style a privilege and an honour to have so many maras 🙏
9 great years
My grandad Pat worked their & newdigate ♥️
We used to take 4 loads of Nitrogen a day in there from BOC Brinsworth Plant Rotherham .
What was the nitrogen for?
3:05 what items would be contraband?
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smoking contrivances ( lighters,matches ) aluminium foil, alcohol.
Hello all. Is there a German translation ?
Kind regards from a German 🐴⚒ EX miner ⚒🐴.
I LOVE IT ❤ 🐴 ⚒
Daw mill.. Bob whatts,Arthur fisher,wally,dick demeda,Kev archer,dan dooley,Shaun mcniff,alf,Mick congrave, best heading teams ever, best lads to rely on .
Then we're the days.
that joy miner at 1.55 wasn't at daw mill that photo was taken at the point of ayr colliery in the cm1 district that's budgie driving it
Greed closed dawmill in the end,what a cash cow that place was ,mega money.
It lost millions in its last years either being off face or having to abandon its new faces due to geological problems before eventually a fire closed it.
@@grahamariss2111 because management filled the ranks with yes men and never listened to the experience of the miners
Brave tough breed of people much respect. God awful song though.
How much coal is left down there?
6 pieces
@@project182r3 Idiot.
So salty
A neighbour of mine worked there and said they were nearly under Oxford or heading towards it. Reckons another 25years left. 😨😨😨. Was getting to the point where it wasnt cost effective (even with the drift) to send the guys that far. Proposed site near Northampton or something?
@@garyward5668 although that could be true I was always led to believe it was shut drown post 2007 accident
Nothing lasts forever though
What's the name of the song?
A Working Man I Am
Song by David Alexander
Any chance getting it back open just in case the nukes do drop..... asking for a friend...
it had a massive fire under ground and was sealed so no
Why do they always use this same song for every coal mining video
Where are all the women, didn't they want to do this difficult and dangerous job?
Probably at home raising the children.
Not many of the posts seem to fit the song, it's about NOT becoming a miner.
Sad to see history and good fuel stop!