The table gives information about the number of deep mines producing coal in the UK between 1913 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the

number

of deep coal

mines

in the UK between 1913 and 2015. Obviously, there is a decline over the period. We can say that coal

mines

almost disappeared and there were only 5 left in 2015. In 1913, there were 3024 deep coal

mines

but

this

number

began to decrease. The

number

of

mines

fell sharply and consistently over the subsequent years.

Nevertheless

, in 1943 there were 1690

mines

left.

This

means that in a period of thirty years, the

number

of

mines

had almost halved. By 1963,

this

figure had virtually halved again. Surprisingly, in the 1980s we see another huge reduction, with the

number

falling to around 20% of 1963 levels. By the time the current century began, there had been another decrease. In 2003, the

number

of deep

mines

producing coal dropped to 20. At

last

, we see that there are only 5

mines

left. In conclusion, there was a decreasing trend in mining in Britain for the duration of the period shown in the chart.