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Gap Shields Colliery |
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Gap Shields Colliery |
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Gap Shields Colliery
| Location: |
Greenhead
12 miles [19 km] NNW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, OL43) NY644643, 54° 58' 19" N, 2° 33' 22" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1940's - Naworth Colliery Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1914 - Coal. |
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1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1948 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1914 - 5 |
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1934 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) |
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1945 - No. 1 - 32 (24 below, 8 surface) |
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1947 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface) |
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1948 - No. 1 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface) |
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1950 - 59 (48 below, 11 surface) |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Limestone Coal |
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1934 - Little Limestone |
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1948 - No. 1 - LittleLimestone |
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1950 - Little Limestone |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gap Shields Colliery |
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 Gap Shields Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gap Shields Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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