Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 October 1893
Wages at Denaby Main
A letter was published on Saturday, from Mr. J. Buckingham Pope, chairman of the Denaby Main Collieries, offering to submit the books of the company to any duly authorised accountant nominated by the Press.
The challenge was accepted, and on Saturday Mr. Burbidge, of the firm of Knox, Burbidge, and Co., chartered accountants, of Sheffield and London, visited the colliery, and on Tuesday night he handed in his report.
Mr. Burbidge said he examined the pay sheets for four weeks, and found that the net earnings of each collier employed by this company, per shift (a shift representing a day of eight hours), had been:
WEEK ENDING AVERAGE NET EARNINGS PER SHIFT
June 7, 1893 7s. 4.24d.
June 14 8s. 1.26d.
June 21 7s. 4.60d.
June 28 7s. 1.63d.
The general average for the month was 7s. 5.97d.