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  Tilesheds Drift  Index  Tilesheds Drift  

Tilesheds Drift


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Longhorsley, Morpeth
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1940's - G. W. Smith
Output: 1944 - Coal: Household.
1948 - Coal: Household. Mainly a fireclay mine. Fireclay.
1948 - Coal: Household. Mainly fireclay. Fireclay.
1949 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1950 - Coal: Household. Mainly fireclay. Fireclay.
1951 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1952 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1953 - Coal: Household. Mainly fireclay. Fireclay.
1954 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
Employment: 1944 - 0 [Not yet producing]
1945 - 0 [Not yet producing]
1948 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
1948 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
1949 - 0 [Not working, to be re-opened ; Mainly fireclay]
1950 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
1951 - 0 [Not worked]
1952 - 0 [Not working, to be re-opened ; Mainly fireclay]
1953 - 9
1954 - 9
Seams Worked: 1944 - Victoria [Not yet producing]
1948 - Earsdon Hill [Mainly a fireclay mine]
1948 - Carsdon Hill, Victoria
1949 - Carsdon Hill Seam, Victoria [Not working, to be re-opened ; Mainly fireclay]
1950 - Victoria
1951 - Carsdon Hill, Victoria [Mainly firelcay, not working, to be reopened]
1952 - Carsdon Hill Seam, Victoria [Not working, to be re-opened ; Mainly fireclay]
1953 - Victoria [Mainly fireclay]
1954 - Victoria [Mainly firelcay, not working, to be reopened]


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

  • 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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.
  • 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

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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