MOUNTAIN DRIFT

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue

Issue No.

6

Date Released

Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1MOUNTAIN DRIFT
2. 2MECHANISATION ENGINEER
3. 3CWM CARN CONVEYOR
4. 4CHARMIAN WELSH

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: a new drift mine going in under a Monmouthshire mountain (Cwmtillery)
NCB Commentary - Under this Monmouthshire mountain lies new coald and heading in to reach it is this new drift mine.
Rose Heyworth Colliery stands next door. Across the other side of the mountain is Cwmtillery.
Back at Rose Heyworth a gang of stoneman move in to the drift to carry on the advance.
The mine will connect up with existing Cwmtillery workings from across the mountain.
The combined output of the pits will rise by over one hundred thousand tons a year, all of which will come to the curface through to the new drift by cable belt conveyor.
Foundations are going in for a new coal preparation plant.
Today, it’s still only rock that comes out of the new mine but, by late next year, it will be coal.
This is just one more of the drift mines going in up and down the country, some to do a quick coal winning job, some, like this one, for longer-term purposes.
Here, some 20 million tons lie under the mountain - enough for 32 years’ working.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded 6th January 1957.

Keywords

Mining; Energy resources; Town and country planning

Locations

Wales; Monmouthshire

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The National Archives COAL 32   /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board