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The Selston (or Underwood) pit also went back centuries, being taken over
in 1728 by Barber Walker & Co when it was probably just an opencast or
outcropping site. Barber Walker sank a real vertical mine shaft
there in 1831.
Due to the Industrial Revolution, demand for coal was high and in the mid 1850s a railway line was laid to Pinxton, with horse drawn trams hauling coal to the booming markets, with a steam powered line following later. In 1876 Barber Walker re-sunk the Selston shaft some 319 metres down to the hard seam.
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Above: Picking coal off the tip at Selston
during the 1912 strike.
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The Bull & Butcher Public House can be seen back left. |
An aerial view of the Bull & Butcher Colliery |
| In 1914, prior the the First World War, piece work coal getters were earning nine shillings and eight pence ( about 48p) a shift and were the highest paid workers in the pit. But by the end of the First World War although coal getters pay had increased to 13 shillings and eight pence (68p) they were no longer the highest paid workers as winding enginemen were earning the equivalent of 73p and deputies 76p. |