Using Native Resources

    The “Collery Furniture”, for example, the timber for propping up the mines was taken from Gallinastown in the Southeast of the estate. It was also taken from Ballyroe in Swifts Heath which is in the southwest of the Barony. Iron from open casting at Crutt, and at the Hill was used in the making of iron tools used in the coal mines. It was also used in the bottoming of water barrels. The iron from the iron mines was used to the benefit of the miners. Wood from the mature woods in the area was also used. The natural resources of the area were utilised to develop the coal industry.