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Byron Drift |
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Byron Drift
| Location: |
Greenhead
12 miles [19 km] NNW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, OL43) NY661647, 54° 58' 32" N, 2° 31' 47" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
05 Aug1927 |
| Owners: |
1920's - Gapshields Colliery Co. |
| Output: |
1921 - Coal. |
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1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1927 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1921 - 73 (57 below, 16 surface) |
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1923 - 74 (57 below, 17 surface) |
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1924 - 73 (55 below, 18 surface) |
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1925 - 50 (37 below, 13 surface) |
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1927 - 23 [Abandoned 5/8/27] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1921 - Little Limestone |
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1923 - Little Limestone |
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1924 - Little Limestone |
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1925 - Little Limestone |
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1927 - Little Limestone [Abandoned 5/8/27] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Byron Drift |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
contact us
with the details and we will add them to our database.
For those names marked  we have
a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page
for further details.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Byron Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Byron Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Tombstone(s) in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Greenhead
- Colliery picture provided by Mr. J. Findlay
Related Links:
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| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Byron drift |
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