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	Encyclopedia: Colliery
		Colliery refers to the mine, and the associated buildings and machinery.
		They also tend to be strongholds of left-wing Britain and possibly the world is Tower Colliery at the northern end of the south Wales valleys.
		This colliery was started in 1805 and at the end of the 20th century it was bought out by its miners rather than allow it to be closed.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Colliery (509 words)

	Socialism Today - Tower of Strength: The story of Tyrone O’Sullivan and Tower Colliery
		Tower colliery was fortunate to have a leader in Tyrone O’Sullivan who would not just act competently as a lodge secretary but along with many of the lodge committee members would inject a daily dose of trade unionism and socialism into a knowledgeable workforce.
		Tower miners were welcomed with open arms wherever they went seeking support: from Bournemouth, to Islington, to the small village of Wivenhoe, where a busload of strikers went to stop coal coming into the harbour from abroad.
		Tower was unique for many reasons that are outlined in this book, in particular the trade union and socialist consciousness of the workforce, a strong and determined leadership, and a pit that was economically viable.
	www.socialismtoday.org /70/tower.html (2597 words)

	Iconoblog: The Study of Theology (2)
		Tower Colliery, situated in the south Wales valleys, was earmarked for closure in 1994 by British Coal.
		Tower represented the last deep coal mine in an area made famous by its mining tradition, and the reason given for closure was that mining low grade anthracite from that pit was too much work for too poor a return.
		British Coal closed Tower Colliery on 22nd April 1994 on the grounds that it would be uneconomic to continue production.
	www.absoblogginlutely.net /iconoblogarchive/004018.html (480 words)

	icWales - Trusted adviser swindled Tower miners, jury told
		But when some of Tower Colliery's ailing shareholders announced they would be retiring before the age of 65, they discovered they would be penalised.
		Tower Colliery representatives were "horrified" and launched an investigation into the businessman through his agent, Scottish Equitable.
		Tyrone O'Sullivan, chairman of Tower Colliery Ltd, told the jury he was a "tough negotiator" who would never have accepted a minimum retirement age of 65 years for his miners.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14719860&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=trusted-adviser-swindled-tower-miners--jury-told-name_page.html (753 words)

	Tower Colliery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tower Colliery is located near the village of Hirwaun, in Glamorgan, South Wales.
		Tower Colliery would appear not to regard these measures as cost effective when weighed against the amount of coal reserves which would be made attainable.
		Tower Colliery is working just one longwall single retreat face in a section approx 1.6m, with three shifts per day.
	www.minersadvice.co.uk /tower.htm (568 words)

	Tower Colliery Lamproom
		Association members who were fortunate enough to visit Tower Colliery with the group during the summer of 1999 will remember it as a very enjoyable and interesting afternoon with visits to the many surface sections such as the baths, control room and winding house.
		Colliery deputies use the MSA type D6 methanometers while the workmen are provided with type AED 1.
		The information was provided by the personnel at the colliery to whom I must extend my sincere thanks, in particular to Leighton who was on duty in the lamp room at the time of our visit.
	www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk /Towerlamproom.htm (1475 words)

	Tower Colliery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tower Colliery is a unique example of a producer cooperative thriving in a highly competitive international market: it is the only worker-owned colliery in the world.
		The legend of the buyout of Tower Colliery (photo, left, courtesy of BBC Wales) is a valuable case-study because it offers in microcosm the narrative of the working man of the Valleys──except with an unexpectedly happy ending.
		But as this extract shows, the ‘tough’, strong, emotionally controlled miners are driven by human passions, and the success of Tower Colliery is based on the fact that they have found a way of using that passion and the energy it generates to their own advantage rather than in opposition and in ‘struggle’.
	www.gaianeconomics.org /tower-colliery.htm (923 words)

	Celebrating winners' success stories : Case Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tower Colliery in Aberdare is the only worker-owned coalmine in Europe and was set up in 1994 when British Coal ceased production.
		Tower Colliery produces 500,000 tonnes of anthracite coal each year, 75% of which is sold for power generation and the remainder to domestic users.
		Tower Colliery has seen some striking improvements as a result of its training in addition to the reduction in accidents absenteeism, for example, has fallen from 9% to 1%.
	www.nationaltrainingawards.com /celebrate/viewcs.asp?id=130 (403 words)

	Wales on the Web Tower Colliery ISDN — An ISDN Movie of the last remaining working pit in Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tower’s workers gave what support they could, triggering increased militancy across South Wales, but even 1972 & 74 strikes and their march to London could not halt the process; neither could the 1984/85 National Strike.
		On 23rd April 1994 Tower’s closure was announced, but inspired by NUM Lodge Secretary Tyrone O’Sullivan, its men decided to act.
		Tower’s efficiency and success puts into question most UK pit closures.
	www.worldwidewales.tv /html/movie-153.php (570 words)

	The fighting spirit that saved a pit \| The Socialist 21 August 2004
		When Heseltine and the Tories announced their pit closure programme in 1992, Tower was at the forefront of the opposition, with Tower activists speaking all over Britain and helping other NUM lodges to organise a fight back.
		But I'd worked at Tower before on short contracts and I was well known in the pit because I'd fought alongside the boys in battles in the past and in solidarity in which they'd taken part.
		Tower NUM is seen as a "tower of strength", because we've fought as socialists and we've survived.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/359/pp6.htm (2244 words)

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		Dopo un'ultima curva sulla strada che collega Aberdare a Hirwaum, a nord di Cardiff, raggiungiamo la meta: "Tower Colliery, ultima miniera sotterranea del Galles", annuncia un cartello a strapiombo su un paesaggio segnato da vallate verdeggianti.
		Tower Colliery non è solo l'ultima miniera superstite di quella che fu la principale industria britannica, ma anche l'unica in Gran Bretagna, in Europa e probabilmente nel mondo intero che è stata rilevata dai minatori e gestita con profitto.
		Contrariamente a tutte le previsioni dei conservatori sulla sua non-redditività, i quattrocento minatori-azionisti di Tower Colliery dimostrano che il carbone, pur non sovvenzionato e venduto ai prezzi del mercato mondiale, resta competitivo.
	www.ilmanifesto.it /MondeDiplo/LeMonde-archivio/Luglio-1999/9907lm12.01.html (2314 words)

	Pelobates - Issue 79 - Visit to Tower Colliery - Croydon Caving Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After a brief description of the mine layout, geology and history in the training room, we were taken to the Lamp Room and were fitted out with helmets, lights, and self rescuers (a device to breath through in case of fire which converts CO to CO2).
		Expecting a response of interest and surprise I was a little taken aback when he quietly recounted his memories of the explosions and fires at the colliery which had claimed many of his friends and relatives in former times.
		Tower is the last deep mine in Wales which is now a tiny remnant of a massive industry which made the area so prosperous, but its decline and recent decimation has reduced the area to one of the poorest in Europe.
	www.croydoncavingclub.org.uk /Archive/Pelobates/079/S07.htm (1494 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| South East Wales \| Miners deceived on pensions
		Stanton was employed to administer the pension fund after miners and management at Tower Colliery bought Wales' last deep mine from British Coal and reopened it in January 1995.
		But when some of the colliery's shareholders announced they would be retiring before the age of 65, they discovered they would be penalised.
		Tower Colliery officials then discovered Stanton had taken nearly £800,000 in commission.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/wales/south_east/3959707.stm (635 words)

	Tower Colliery Hirwaun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A new shaft was sunk in the early 1940's at a depth of 165 yards.
		An explosion of firedamp occurred at this colliery on the 13th of April 1962 killing 9 men, a further 9 were injured.
		However a successful bid was made for the colliery by a buy-out group formed by the workforce and in 1995 they produced 450,000 tons of high grade anthracite, making over £4 million in pre-tax profit.
	www.welshcoalmines.co.uk /GlamEast/Tower.htm (279 words)

	Manic Street Preachers Frequently Asked Questions (Where is ..?)
		Today, Tower Colliery is the last deep mine in Wales, the only survivor of an industry ravaged by Conservative central government policy of the 1980s.
		Tower Colliery, spanning the centuries, has witnessed deprivation, tragedy and working-class exploitation, but the miners' continuing strength through adversity saw them win through by 1995 to become mine owners realising a financial profit as Goitre Tower Anthracite.
		Tower played a leading role in the advancement of the trade union movement in South Wales with an active NUM branch (National Union of Mineworkers).
	members.home.nl /gerhardnijenhuis/msp/faq/where.htm (1922 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Located north of the town of Tower City in the Williams Valley, this colliery was originally operated as two distinct individual collieries.
		The West Brookside Colliery was originally opened by a slope sunk 442 ft. on the north dip lykens valley no.5 vein by Williams, Jones, Savage and W.
		The Brookside Colliery was closed Aug. 26, 1938 and the total shipments of coal to 1931 were 19,011,169 tons.
	www.readinganthracite.com /Brook.html (409 words)

	MINING - The light at the end of the tunnel
		Ken, a worker at Tower colliery says: ‘When I started there were 40 pits in South Wales, so there was a job for life.
		In the hum of the canteen the miners reflect on the changes since Tower was bought by its workers.
		Tower has received visitors from every conceivable country on earth and indigenous people from the Cordillera have visited Britain.
	www.newint.org /issue299/light.htm (2046 words)

	Tyrone O'Sullivan
		Carré on Tower Colliery, currently on the screens) and a poem with the virtues moralisantes: «Is proud of you / But always remember / That no man is not essential.
		April 22, 1994, it is with the turn of Tower Colliery, deepest of Europe.
		Last year, a company of Wales assembled an opera which recalls the history of Tower, and Hollywood is on the blow.
	clode.chez.tiscali.fr /entyrone.htm (1191 words)

	Net Cymru: Pontypridd and Valleys
		In the early 90s the miners at the Tower Colliery were faced with the threat of closure of their pit (mine).
		The Tower Colliery is located near the head of the Rhondda Valley between Treherbert and Hirwaun.
		The colliery is located beyond the end of the the Rhondda Valley on the road from Treherbert to Hirwain on the left hand side.
	www.net-cymru.co.uk /PP0LCAT.HTM (774 words)

	ABC News - BHP mine to close in Illawarra
		BHP-Billiton's Tower Colliery, north-west of Wollongong, is closing due to a rationalisation program which will see fewer pits in the Illawarra producing more coal with fewer staff.
		Most of the staff from the Tower Colliery have obtained jobs at BHP Billiton's other Illawarra mines.
		Tower Colliery Lodge President Taffy Lester says the mine has an excellent safety record and he is extremely proud of the work carried out at the colliery since the closure was announced earlier this year.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/32037/20021223/abc.net.au/news/justin/weekly/newsnat-20dec2002-22.htm (198 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Station's £100m emissions revamp
		This investment is set to secure many more indirect roles in related industries in south Wales, such as Tower Colliery, the private deep mine at Hirwaun, which is a major coal supplier to the plant.
		But Geoff Davies, managing director at Tower Colliery, said the coal industry in south Wales would be delighted to know that Aberthaw was to continue operating to 2018.
		Tower Colliery and Celtic Energy supply it with over a million tonnes of coal a year," he said.
	newsalerts.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/4604541.stm (394 words)

	BBC News \| WALES \| Tower contract saves mine jobs
		Tower Colliery - the only coal mine in Europe owned by the workforce - has signed its biggest contract ever helping to safeguard 400 jobs.
		Pit Chairman Tyrone O'Sullivan said: "The government, the DTI they all said there was a maximum of three years for Tower Colliery we have gone way past that mark and goodness knows where we will be in the future.
		Kevin Williams, Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers said: "We knew that Tower Colliery could work, we were confident all along.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/wales/1536959.stm (462 words)

	UWIC News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tower Colliery, near Hirwaun in South Wales, is held up as a possible model for this type of alternative policy.
		Since 2000, WIRC and Molly Scott Cato have been researching the importance of Tower Colliery and other similar organisations with regards to their importance to social and economic regeneration in Wales.
		"Tower Colliery is a shining example of the potential of such a strategy.
	www.uwic.ac.uk /new/uwicnews/details.asp?rec=389 (744 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		First drift named Tower was started on Hirwaun common (named after the nearby "Crawshay's Tower") A folly built in 1848.
		This shaft is used as the main "return" ventilation shaft and for the transport of men.
		Tower No. 3 new drift was driven to meet the No. 4 colliery workings and is used as the main "intake" airway, conveying coal to the surface and transporting materials into the mine working areas.
	www.tioram.org.uk /tower-coal/ourhist.html (90 words)

	icWales - Miners' pension adviser jailed
		The 300 mine owners were then dismayed to discover that the 59-year-old pensions' expert had taken the fortune and disappeared.
		Many were then forced to work underground at Tower Colliery in Hirwaun until they had saved the extra cash for their retirement.
		"You came from a mining background yourself and you were highly recommended to Tower Colliery in South Wales, a pit that had been bought out by its own miners.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14999538&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=miners--pension-adviser-jailed-name_page.html (917 words)

	Zehn Jahre Tower Colliery
		Tower Colliery, die letzte Kohlezeche in Wales, ist seit der Stilllegung der letzten Zeche von Selby Ende Oktober eine von nur noch neun Zechen in ganz Britannien.
		Tower gilt ausserdem als die sicherste Zeche in Britannien, wenn nicht der ganzen Welt - bis heute kam es zu keinem nennenswerten Unfall.
		Der Schacht der 200 Jahre alten Tower Colliery reicht 300 Meter tief, der Hauptstollen musste jedoch sieben Kilometer weit in rund 800 Meter Tiefe getrieben werden.
	www.trend.infopartisan.net /trd0105/t150105.html (1649 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		"Tower Colliery has gained a fine world-wide reputation as the pit which came back from the dead - thanks to the miners themselves.
		"Many experts said that Tower Colliery would not last longer than six years - but now we are reaching the end of its seventh year since the miners' buy-out and the cooperative was established.
		The story has been turned into an opera, and there are also plans to make a film of the pit's fight for survival.
	www.walesoffice.gov.uk /2001/pn_20011126.html (298 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		They were mined seasonally, once the crops had been taken care off, and all the rest of the spring and summer work was complete, the farm workers would then become miners, descending down ladders, and using buckets and pulleys to bring the fl gold to the surface.
		The tramway was to leave Stonetrough colliery and head up the hill toward Tower Hill colliery; this was on a similar route to the tramway of 1807.
		The freehold of the two collieries went for auction and was purchased by Robert Heath.
	www.mowcop.com /htm/coal.htm (983 words)

	The Coal Authority
		Hyder Consulting in partnership with Tower Colliery installed 6 x 1.5 MW generators powered by methane drained from the active workings.
		Green Gas Power Ltd are actively draining methane from the abandoned colliery and selling it to a local user via the North Staffs Gas Grid, a privately owned pipeline.
		In establishing flares at each of the collieries it is understood that UK Coal benefits from funding through generating Carbon Credits.
	www.coal.gov.uk /resources/cleanercoaltechnologies/coalminemethaneukactivity.cfm (481 words)

	Underground Activists
		Back in 1831, Welsh coal miners at the tower colliery invented the red flag as a symbol of rebellion.
		The story of the miners' takeover of the Tower Colliery has been celebrated in a Welsh opera, and British movie-production company Working Title Films (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill) has commissioned a script about how the underground rebel with a matinee-idol name inspired his men to one final victory against the odds.
		All employees at Tower have equal shares in the company and have the same number of holidays, unlike in the system under British Coal.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/52/miners.html (1382 words)

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