I worked at West Cannock No.5 & Littleton Colliery in the Cannock Chase
Coalfield between 1964 & 1993 the only timber bars round or split that I saw
used were pine.
The only Pitch Pine we used was for the wearing linings of the pit top & pit
bottom receivers because of the cost of this material.
The West Cannock Company Limited had in 1922 a plantation on Cannock Chase
with 119,531 pine trees planted on it, each tree was valued at 3s 6d.
I belong to the Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society launched December
2002, we are writing a book on the History of the Cannock Chase Coalfield
1850 - 1993 if we turn up any details of the types of timber used we will
let you have it Peter.
Regards & All the best
Alan
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From: "Peter Challis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [MINING-HISTORY] Pit Timber
> >>
> >> I'm compiling the first social history of the Sweet Chestnut tree in
> >> Britain
> >> and am now seeking material on the timber being used in mining - any
> >> sort
> >> of
> >> mining. Can any of you help?
>
> Try,
>
> 'The Timbering of Metalliferous Mines', Downey, J.F. 1928.
>
> Pete Challis
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