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Melkridge Colliery |
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Melkridge Colliery
| Location: |
Melkridge, Haltwhistle
11½ miles [19 km] N of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY737649, 54° 58' 41" N, 2° 24' 39" W |
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| Pits: |
 Shaft details for Melkridge Colliery |
| Owners: |
1880's - G. Nicholson |
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1930's - Melkridge Coal Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1940 - Coal: Steam. (12,000 tons) |
| Employment: |
1934 - 33 (25 below, 8 surface) |
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1940 - 67 (54 below, 13 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1934 - Little Limestone |
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1940 - Little Limestone |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Melkridge Colliery |
| Notes: |
1896 - Limestone Coal seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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 Melkridge Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Melkridge Colliery
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.
- 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.
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