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Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association Records,
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Survey reports for Blaenavon area,

Samples 24 and 63. Examinations of various seams worked by the Blaenavon Co. Ltd. including the Horn Coal and Black Vein seams (Kays Slope Colliery); Bottom Rock, Yard Coal, Old Coal and Garw seams (Big Pit Colliery); and the Meadow Vein seam (Garn Slope Colliery). Also Fusion Point of Coal Ash reports for the Black Vein, Horn Coal, Meadow Vein and Old Coal seams.

Supplies of pitwood during wartime,

Agreements and related papers, relating to the Anglo-French Pitwood Agreement, 1938-1940; letters and memoranda regarding the arrangements for stock made during peace time, 1939; shipping policies and costs, 1934-1935; papers of the Pitwood Sub-Committee, 1945; correspondence relating to the resumption of imports after the war, 1946; specifications of pitwood supplied, 1936; statistics on Pitwood purchases and coal exports, 1934; licences to transfer to other countries, 1939; letters of Sir Alfred Faulker, M. Duboscq, M. Pelletier and W. A. Philips, 1938-1940. Includes the original signed copy of the Anglo-Welsh Pitwood Agreement, June 1934.

Summary of returns,

Contains statistical summaries prepared by the Coal Owners Association from returns made by members, showing the number of workmen paid piece and day wages, the number employed, average hours of work underground, the number of pits where mealtimes are allowed and their length, and time spent by workmen in travelling to the coalface.

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