Harperley 'Witton' Colliery

Location:	Harperley
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	18 Jul 1930
Owners:	1910's - Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd.
	1920's - New Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd.
Output:	1914 - Coal, Ganister.
	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1929 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1930 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1914 - 46 (36 below, 10 surface)
	1921 - 65 (56 below, 9 surface)
	1923 - 70 (63 below, 7 surface)
	1924 - 87 (78 below, 9 surface)
	1925 - 1 [Closed 05/24]
	1927 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	1929 - 66 (53 below, 13 surface)
	1930 - 2 [Abandoned 18/7/30]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked:	1914 - Ganister, Marshall Green
	1921 - Ganister and Fireclay Seam, Marshall Green
	1923 - Marshall Green
	1924 - Marshall Green
	1925 - Marshall Green [Closed 05/24]
	1927 - Marshall Green
	1929 - Marshall Green
	1930 - Marshall Green [Abandoned 18/7/30]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Harperley 'Witton' Colliery
Notes:	1930, 18 Jul - Marshall Green seam abandoned

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1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
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.
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.



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