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Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
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Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
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Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
| Location: |
Stanhope
18½ miles [29 km] WSW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92, OL31) NY990351, 54° 42' 39" N, 2° 0' 56" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Pits: |
Coal Sills Level, locn: (Sheet 92, OL31) NY993353 |
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Firestone Level, locn: (Sheet 92, OL31) NY994354 |
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Great Limestone Level, locn: (Sheet 92, OL31) NY992353 |
| Owners: |
1902 - J. P. Hornung & Sons |
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1906 - Thomas Middleton |
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1908 - W. Hird, Waistell & Co. |
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1930's - J. E. Maddison |
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1970's - J. C. Emerson |
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1980's - J. & J. M. Maddison |
| Output: |
1902 - Fluorspar. |
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1908 - Fluorspar. |
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1936 - Fluorspar. |
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1938 - Fluorspar. |
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1944 - Fluorspar. |
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1945 - Fluorspar. |
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1979 - Fluorspar. |
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1980 - Fluorspar. |
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1983 - Fluorspar. |
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 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
| Employment: |
1902 - 4 |
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1936 - 10 (3 below, 7 surface) |
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1938 - 0 [Not worked since 1938] |
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1944 - 0 [Discontinued 1944] |
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1945 - 0 [Abandoned 1944] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Yew Tree (Fluorspar) |
| Notes: |
1944 - Abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Yew Tree (Fluorspar)
Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1938 List of Mines
- 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
- 1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1983 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- British Small Mines (North) by A. J. Booth, published in 2000 by Industrial Railway Society, ISBN 1 901556 15 8
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