From this Board of Trade Register, from April 1915 referring to
Whitfield colliery’s Institute and Middle pits, the following manpower
statistics can be seen:
|
Underground men
|
Surface men
|
Total
|
Pit boy
|
Institute pit
|
1298
|
290
|
1588
|
100
|
Middle pit
|
1252
|
276
|
1528
|
141
|
|
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