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  Ladysmith Colliery  Index  Ladysmith Colliery  

Ladysmith Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Brusselton
11½ miles [19 km] SSW of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 92) NZ194255, 54° 37' 27" N, 1° 41' 58" W
Opened:
Closed: July 1949
Owners: 1940's - J. W. Johnson
Output: 1934 - Coal: Household.
1940 - Coal: Household. (10,000 tons)
1948 - Coal: Steam.
1949 - Coal: Steam.
1950 - Coal: Steam.
Employment: 1934 - 15 (11 below, 4 surface)
1940 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface)
1945 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface)
1948 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface)
1949 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface)
1950 - 8 (5 below, 3 surface) [Abandoned 7/49]
Seams Worked: 1934 - Harvey
1940 - Harvey
1948 - Hutton, Low Main
1949 - Hutton, Low Main
1950 - Hutton, Low Main [Abandoned 7/49]
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ladysmith Colliery
Notes:

1935 - Bannock Band, Six Quarter, Main Band seams abandoned

1944 - Harvey, Busty seams abandoned

1949, Jul - Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned

  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Ladysmith Colliery


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Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ladysmith Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ladysmith Colliery


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 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.

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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