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Howburn Drift |
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Howburn Drift
| Location: |
Morpeth
14½ miles [23 km] NNW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NZ208868, 55° 10' 31" N, 1° 40' 22" W |
| Maps: |
 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1920's |
| Owners: |
1880's - Caisley & Wood |
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1890's - Howburn Coal Co. Ltd. |
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1900's - Morpeth Collieries Co. |
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1920's - Morris Collieries Ltd. |
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1920's - A. Robinson |
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1920's - T. Richardson |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
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1902 - Coal: Household. |
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1921 - Coal: Household. |
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1927 - Coal: Household. |
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1929 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 58 (46 below, 12 surface) |
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1902 - 53 (41 below, 12 surface) |
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1921 - 50 (30 below, 20 surface) |
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1927 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) |
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1929 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) [Abandoned 4/29] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1921 - Bandy, Old Main, Twenty Inch |
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1927 - Old Man |
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1929 - Harvey, Twenty One Inch [Abandoned 4/29] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Howburn Drift |
| Notes: |
1929, 04 Jun - Nineteen Inch, Twenty-one Inch, Harvey seams 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 Howburn Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Howburn Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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.
- 1921 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.
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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