Tribute To The Proud Coal Miners Of Mansfield Colliery [Crown Farm Colliery]. 

Subscribe to my you tube channel for 200+ more coal mine tributes and counting. Mansfield Colliery [Crown Farm Colliery] 1904 to 1988. March 31st 1987 Miners at Mansfield Colliery claimed a European record for thin seam mining. From a seam only one metre high, teams working on the No 4 coal face produced 20,465 tonnes with their shearer machine last week - clocking up 12.9 miles of cutting.’
This was a new weekly record for the pit that employs 1,000 miners. ‘The performance of this particular face boosted the colliery to a new weekly output record of 25,712 tonnes, and a record productivity of 4.6 tonnes per man shift.’ Sadly 54 fatalities were recorded in its 84 year history including two 14 year old boys crushed by tubs.