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Highfield Drift
also known as Highfield East Drift
| Location: |
Whittonstall
9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87) NZ066566, 54° 54' 14" N, 1° 53' 49" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1940's - W. & R. W. Stokoe |
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1960's - R. W. Stokoe |
| Output: |
1948 - Coal: Steam. |
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1949 - Coal: Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Steam. |
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1954 - Coal. |
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1961 - Coal. |
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1967 - Coal: Industrial. |
| Employment: |
1945 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface) |
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1948 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) |
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1949 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) |
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1950 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) |
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1967 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1948 - Brockwell |
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1949 - Brockwell |
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1950 - Brockwell |
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1954 - Brockwell |
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1955 - Brockwell |
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1956 - Brockwell |
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1957 - Brockwell |
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1958 - Brockwell |
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1959 - Brockwell |
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1960 - Brockwell |
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1961 - Brockwell Seam |
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1964 - Brockwell |
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1967 - Brockwell |
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 Highfield Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Highfield Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1949 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.
- 1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Related Links:
None found
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