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Rose Heyworth Colliery Tender for the Sinking of the Shaft 1874.
Soon after the sidings and out-buildings were laid out, tenders for the sinking of the colliery were invited and issued on Saturday 14th of March 1874 (as seen in the clipping from the Western Mail left).
I have no details as to who sunk the colliery though Mr Joseph Wallace, general manager of the Cwmtillery Colliery and Mr William Adams C.E. (Cardiff) drove a tunnel from the Cwmtillery Colliery through the Mynydd James mountain in readiness to connect to Rose Heyworth Colliery for ventilation purposes.
The Proof of the Date of Sinking.
A few years ago, after many years of research, I found that the Rose Heyworth Colliery was not sunk in 1871 as published in many books, modern papers and other such articles. Everyone blindly believed the made-up sinking date of 1871 and what had been printed had been plagiarised over the years. This Western Mail news clipping validates my research.