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  Pan Lane Drifts  Index  Pan Lane Drifts  

Pan Lane Drifts


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Tow Law
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1930's - J. E. Wailes & Co. Ltd.
1940's - Inkerman Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output: 1930 - Coal.
1934 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
1948 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
1949 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
1950 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
1951 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1952 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1953 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1954 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1955 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1956 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
1957 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
Employment: 1930 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface)
1934 - 13
1940 - 13 (10 below, 3 surface)
1945 - 3/4 Drift - 31 (26 below, 5 surface)
1948 - 3/4 Drift - 19 (14 below, 5 surface)
1949 - 3/4 Drift - 19 (14 below, 5 surface)
1951 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
1952 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
1953 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
1954 - Harvey Drift - 15 (12 below, 3 surface)
1955 - Harvey Drift - 15 (12 below, 3 surface)
1956 - Harvey Drift - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
1957 - Harvey Drift - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1930 - Five Quarter
1934 - Main
1948 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey, Three Quarter
1949 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey, Three Quarter
1950 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey
1951 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1952 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1953 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1954 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1955 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1956 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
1957 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pan Lane Drifts
Notes:

1947, Dec - Three Quarter seam abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

     

Hemming, Harry, 21 Feb 1938, aged 37, Hewer, he was killed when the Ballarat Seam fell into the Five Quarter Seam [More information ...]

 
  1 name found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1930 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.
  • 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.
  • 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 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
  • Contributions by members of the Public

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