CANNEL COAL 689 



Tons 



The total production of Derbyshire is estimated at about .... 43,000 

 Yorkshire. The mines in Yorkshire producing Cannel are : 



1. Silkstone Fall, Barnsley. 



2. Adwalton Moor, Leeds. 



3. Bruntcliffe, Leeds. 



5. College, Birstal. 



6. Oakwell, Leeds. 



7. Ardsley Main, Ardsley. 



4. Gilderstone, Leeds. 

 Some of this is an inferior Cannel, known, locally, as ' drub ' or ' stub,' and 

 a considerable quantity of the true Cannel of the West Eiding will not coke. 

 The quantity raised annually from the Yorkshire district may be taken at . 185,000 



Lancashire. The collieries in the East Lancashire (Manchester) district 

 producing Cannel coal are the following : 



1. Bank, Little Hulton. 



2. Blackrod, Chorley. 



3. Blackrod, Blackrod. 



4. Bridgewater, "Worsley. 



5. Hulton, Bolton. 



6. Scot Lane, Blackrod. 



7. Stonehill, Farnworth. 



8. Eigby Pit, Anderton Hall. 



The total estimated production being ....... 120,000 



The collieries in the West Lancashire (Wigan) district producing Cannelare: 



1. Haigh, Haigh and Aspull. 



2. Aspull, Haigh and Aspull. 



3. Kirkless Hall, Kirkless. 



4. Standish, Standish. 



(These belong to the Wigan Coal and Iron Company.) 



5. Eose Bridge, Ince. 



6. Douglas Bank, Wigan. 



7. Norley Hall, Pemberton. 



9. Walthew House, Pemberton. 



10. Gidlow Lane, Wigan. 



11. Eowenhead, St. Helen's. 



8. Ince Hall, Wigan. 

 The total production of these collieries was ...... 530,000 



Cheshire. Duckinfield, Stockport, is the only colliery in this county pro- 

 ducing Cannel coal. The present yield being 12,000 



The Estimated Production of Cannel Coal in England. 



Tons 



North Staffordshire 10,000 



Nottinghamshire 48,000 



Derbyshire 43,000 



Yorkshire 185,000 



Lancashire 650,000 



Cheshire 12,000 



The total annual production in England being about . 948,000 



At least 50,000 tons of this, possibly much more, is reserved for the manufacture 

 of the mineral oils. 



WALES. 



North Wales. This is the only district at present producing Cannel. The collieries 

 yielding it are : 



1. Leeswood Green, Mold. 



2. Leeswood Hill, Mold. 



3. Coed Talon, Mold. 



4. Coppa, Mold. 



5. Nerquis, Mold. 



6. Wern, Bagilt 



From these works th quantity of Cannel coal raised was, as nearly as could be ascer- 

 tained, 150,000 tons, almost the whole of which was consumed in the oil works of Flint- 

 shire, which are now much reduced in extent. 



SCOTLAND. 



We have reliable information as to the output of Cannel coal from this important 

 field. 



At a meeting of coal-owners held in Glasgow, the estimated quantity raised annually 

 was as follows : 



Tons 



Lanarkshire 172,000 



Linlithgowshire 28,000 



East and Mid Lothian 55,000 



Fifeshire 29,000 



Ayrshire 38,000 



Giving as the total quantity . 322,000 

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