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Riding Drift |
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Riding Drift
| Location: |
Lamesley
5½ miles [8 km] S of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ246554, 54° 53' 36" N, 1° 36' 56" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
18 May 1929 |
| Owners: |
1900's - Charles Perkins & Partners |
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1910's - Birtley Iron Co. |
| Output: |
1902 - Coal. |
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1914 - Coal: Gas. |
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1921 - Coal: Gas. |
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1923 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
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1924 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
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1925 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
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1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
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1929 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1902 | | 63 |   | 56 | 7 |
| 1914 | | 21 | | 15 | 6 |
| 1921 | | 21 |  | 21 | |
| 1923 | | 97 | | 89 | 8 |
| 1924 | | 172 | | 150 | 22 |
| 1925 | | 169 | | 143 | 26 |
| 1925 | | Temporarily closed 19/06/25 |
| 1927 | | 147 | | 106 | 41 |
| 1929 | | 25 | | 19 | 6 |
| 1929 | | Abandoned 18/5/29 |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Main Coal |
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1921 - Main Coal |
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1923 - Main Coal |
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1924 - Main Coal |
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1925 - Main [Temporarily closed 19/06/25] |
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1927 - Main |
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1929 - Main [Abandoned 18/5/29] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Riding Drift |
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1929, 18 May - Main seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Riding Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Riding Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
Related Links:
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