Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Betteshanger ndiro raiva mugodhi mukuru wemarasha muKent Coalfield, raishandira zviuru zvevashandi vemumigodhi vaishanda mugomba raiva pasi pevhu. Mugodhi wacho waizivikanwa nokuda kwokurwisana sezvo vakawanda vevashandi vomumugodhi vakatanga kushanda imomo pashure pokuvhurwa kwawo muna 1927 vakanga vaiswa pamazita matsvuku kubva kumigodhi iri mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika nokuda kwezviito zvavo munguva yeRussian Revolution.
Kuramwa mabasa kukuru kwa1926. Vashandi vomumugodhi vakanga varamwa basa muna 1938 pamusoro pokubatwa kwavashandi vaduku mumugodhi.