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Colpitts Colliery

Location:	Slaley 6 miles [10 km] SSE of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87, OL43) NY977554, 54° 53' 36" N, 2° 2' 9" W
Maps:	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890's - William Wear
Output:	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1902 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1896 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1902 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Colpitts Colliery
Notes:	1909 - Seam in Millstone Grit seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Colpitts Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Colpitts Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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