Whetstone Mea Colliery

Location:	Allenheads
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	30 Sep 1927
Owners:	1890's - W. B. Lead Co. Ltd.
	1910's - Viscount Allendale, per M. Bladen
	1920's - Weardale Lead Co. Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1902 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal.
	1924 - Coal.
	1925 - Coal: Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1896 - 2
	1902 - 2
	1921 - 2
	1924 - 4
	1925 - 6
	1927 - 7 [Abandoned 30/9/27]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Limestone Coal
	1923 - Limestone Coal
	1924 - Limestone Coal
	1925 - Limestone Coal
	1927 - Fell Top [Abandoned 30/9/27]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whetstone Mea Colliery
Notes:	1904, 16 Jul - Fell Top seam abandoned - Unprofitable

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1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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.



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