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North Drift |
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North Drift |
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| Location: |
Midgeholme
9 miles [15 km] NNW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, OL43) NY646593, 54° 55' 37" N, 2° 33' 9" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1940's - Naworth Collieries Co. Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1948 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1945 | | 15 |   | 9 | 6 |
| 1948 | | 6 |  | 6 | |
| 1948 | | Developing |
| 1950 | | 162 | | 112 | 50 |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1948 - Low Main [Developing] |
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1950 - Cannel, Low Main |
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 North Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to North Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 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.
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