Daw Mill Colliery, in North Warwickshire, the sole surviving deep mine in the region, has warned of a costly "face gap" which could leave it without coal production for many weeks. ... Daw Mill is one of just three fully-operational collieries run by UK Coal and the only surviving pit from a region which for decades boasted dozens of deep ...
It is titled 'The Anatomy of a Coal Mine - Daw Mill Colliery 1957 - 2013' and runs to over 73,000 words on 136 A4 pages with 36 illustrations, mainly colour photographs, and 9 appendices covering such things as all managers and their periods of tenure, likewise Union Branch Secretaries, all faces worked with dates, all 11 fatal accidents ...
Mar 4, 2014. #1. Daw Mill Colliery in Arley near Coventry was the largest remaining Deep Mine in Britain. In February 2013 a underground fire broke out which lead to the closure of the mine and forced UK Coal into administration. Unlike previous colliery sites closed by UK Coal, Daw Mill has a high 24h on site security presence with CCTV and ...
Jon Griffin. A quarter of a century after the strike that nearly destroyed the industry, coal miners at the Midlands' last remaining pit are earning up to £70,000 a year – with 30 candidates chasing every vacancy. Record-breaking Daw Mill Colliery, near Coventry, is on the verge of a huge £100 million plus investment programme which ...
Former Daw Mill Colliery is in Over Whitacre, North Warwickshire District, England. Former Daw Mill Colliery is situated nearby to Church of St Leonard and the hamlet Over Whitacre. Overview: Map: Directions: Satellite: Photo Map: Overview: Map: Directions: Satellite: Photo Map: Tap on the map to travel:
The shearer is an all-electric Eickhoff SL 500 with five motors at a voltage of 3300volts. Daw Mill's 301's longwall face has a cutting length of 295m. The Joy stage loader is rated at 1.8 metres per second with a capacity of 2000 tonnes per hour while the Joy armoured face conveyor incorporates 2 x 750kW drives.
In January 2007, Anthony Garrigan, aged 42, a contractor's mineworker from Thorne near Doncaster, died when he was trapped under coal at Daw Mill. In November 2007, miner Paul Milner was fatally injured at Welbeck Colliery, Meden Vale, near Mansfield. UK Coal Mining Ltd, of Harworth Park, Blyth Road, Harworth, …
Daw Mill Colliery Water Wheel. Image courtesy of Brian Aucott, supplied by Nuneaton Memories. Brian Aucott. These images taken by Brian who donated them show the removal of the water wheel at Bourne Brook, Arley. it is believed it is this wheel that gave rise to the name of the colliery. Sadly in a rush, the contractors moved it too quickly ...