Venture Colliery

Location:	Howgill 4 miles [6 km] ENE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89, OL04) NY033213, 54° 34' 42" N, 3° 29' 43" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1910's - Naworth Coal Co.
Output:	1921 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1924 - Coal: Household.
	1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1927 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1929 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1934 - Arch Drift - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1921 - 23 (19 below, 4 surface)
	1923 - 62 (46 below, 16 surface)
	1924 - 34 (22 below, 12 surface)
	1925 - 25 (18 below, 7 surface)
	1927 - 37 (32 below, 5 surface)
	1929 - 0 [Temporarily closed 7/1/28]
	1934 - Arch Drift - 56 (41 below, 15 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Little Limestone Coal
	1923 - Little Limestone Coal
	1924 - Little Limestone Coal
	1925 - Little Limestone Coal
	1927 - Little Limestone
	1929 - Little Limestone [Temporarily closed 7/1/28]
	1934 - Arch Drift - Lower Little Limestone

Description

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Venture Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Venture Colliery

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.
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.



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