on the State of the Collieries at and near Nailsea, 327 



strata run nearly west or down channel, they cannot take 

 land and be seen again in Glamorganshire, 8cc, 



Very large new collieries may be opened on Nailsea 

 Moor, the property of Sir Hugh Smyth, Bart.; on Kenn- 

 Moor, the estate of Lord Paulett : under the inclosed lands 

 from Kenn-Moor to the sea; and under the lands of Sir 

 Abraham Elton, Bart., near Clevedon church, where the 

 Backvvell veins, worked by Mr, Teague, must range. The 

 proposed collieries on Kenn-Moor, which is absut the main 

 line of Canal, will be two miles nearer to Morgan's Pill than 

 the Nailsea, for the canal branch to Nailsea appears to be 

 afeout two miles in length. 



There are ten veins or seams of coal already discovered 

 within this limestone basin; which added together make 

 96 feet of solid coal. These ten veins worked in the nsual 

 way, will yield 30,000 tons of coal per acre ; but as some of 

 them are thin, being under two feet, I will only calculate 

 upon 20,000 tons per acre, and on working 400 tons per 

 day, and on 300 working days in the year. 



Consequently 400 tons x by 300 days, make 120,000 

 tons per annum. 



And again, I will only estimate upon 1,000 acres, con- 

 taining upon an average the whole of the ten veins, though 

 1 have no doubt but there are 3 or 3,000 acres. Therefore 

 1,000 acres x by 20,000 tons per acre, give 20,0(JO,000 of 

 tons, and 20,000,000 divided by 120,000 tons per annum, 

 give 166 years, which is the length of time the colliery 

 would last, at 120,000 tons per annum. 



The distance from Morgan's Pdl to Nailsea Collieries I 

 luiderstand is ten miles, and the tonnajjje authorised to be 

 received by the act for making the Canal is 9,d. per ton per 

 ruile; so that every ton is 20^. which on 400 tons per day, 

 and on 300 days in the year, amounts to 10,000/. per an- 

 num, being equal to 10 per cent, upon a capital of one 

 hundred thousand pounds. This is about the sum that the 

 estimate is made for ; but from what I observed of the line 

 of canal, it is all good ground and easy cutting (excepting 

 theTunnel), and I think the whole ten miles should be com- 

 pleted for, from 7(),000/. to 80,000/. 



All the Nailsea Colliers are much interested in promot- 

 ing the canal scheme ; that is to sav, in getting the canal 

 brought from Morgan's l^ill to the vicinity of ilicir works; 

 for till that is dotie, their sales of coals are so small, that 

 the moneys arismg from wiiat is sold to the country, will 

 hardly pay for carrying the works on, particularly where 

 Jueavy engines and machinery are required. 



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