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Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for Camerton Colliery
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Plan No. |
Date Received |
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| CAMERTON 2 | ||||||
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Parish: Camerton.
COAL:
Metal, Cannel.
Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven.
(Abandoned: 1829).
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Parish: Camerton.
COAL:
Probably Ten Quarter, Rattler.
Plans held at: Allerdale Coal Co, Great Clifton, Workington.
(Abandoned: 1841).
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| CAMERTON, High, Lower, Middle | ||||||
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Parish: Camerton.
COAL:
Cannel.
Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven.
(Abandoned: 1844).
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| CAMERTON, Frances, Greengill, Sarah | ||||||
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Parish: Camerton.
COAL:
Ten Quarters, Metal.
Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven.
(Abandoned: 1844).
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| CAMERTON 1 | ||||||
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Parish: Camerton.
COAL:
Main, Ten Quarters.
Plans held at: Allerdale Coal Co., Great Clifton, Workington.
(Abandoned: 1857).
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| 1900 | 30 Jan 1901 | Camerton | ||||
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Post Town: Camerton.
COAL:
Eighteen Inch.
(Abandoned: Feb 1897).
Stopped on account of water. No available means of removing it
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| 1900 | 30 Jan 1901 | Camerton | ||||
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Post Town: Camerton.
COAL:
Lickbank? (local), probably Three Quarters.
(Abandoned: Jul 1897).
Unremunerative, owing to thinness of seam
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| 4,061 | CAMERTON | |||||
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Parishes: Camerton; Seaton.
COAL:
18 Inch, Lickbank.
(Abandoned: Jul 1897).
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| 1911 | 1911 | Camerton No. 2 Colliery | ||||
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COAL, FIRECLAY AND SHALE:
Potash Mystery, Three Quarters, Little Main, Eighteen Inch, Lock Bank.
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| 5,638 | CAMERTON No. 2 | |||||
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Parishes: Camerton; Seaton.
COAL:
Potash, Mystery, 3/4'S, Little Main, 18", Lickbank.
(Abandoned: 18 Mar 1911).
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| 1930 | 10,249 | 1930 | CAMERTON, Nos. 1, 2; Wood | |||
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Parishes: Camerton; Seaton.
COAL:
Upper Three Quarters, Lower Three Quarters, Yard.
(Abandoned: 31 Jul 1930).
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| 1931 | 10,536 | 1931 | CAMERTON, Nos. 1, 2; River; Wood (Including old workings) | |||
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Parishes: Camerton; Seaton.
COAL, FIRECLAY & GANISTER:
Lickbank, Little Main, Fireclay.
(Abandoned: 19 Mar 1931).
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| 1931 | 10,537 | 1931 | CAMERTON, Nos. 1 ,2; River; Wood | |||
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Parishes: Camerton; Seaton.
COAL & FIRECLAY:
Little Main (about 1904), Brassey (about 1919), Yard, Eighteen Inch or Ganister.
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| 1932 | 10,657 | 1932 | LOWTHER; Camerton; Clifton (Westray) | |||
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Parishes: Great Clifton; Little Clifton; Ribton; Camerton.
COAL:
White Metal, Lickbank (1880), Fireclay (Best)(1883), Little Main (1887), Main, Ten Quarters, Ten Quarters (Ribton Area).
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| 1937 | 11,967 | 1937 | CAMERTON; Main Band Drifts | |||
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Parish: Camerton.
No mineral proved.
(Abandoned: 23 Dec 1936).
Note :- The plan shows ancient workings deom an old shaft of Camerton Colliery
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The plans of abandoned mines are held by the Coal Authority ( https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-coal-authority) at the following address: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG
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- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536)
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237)
- 1930 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-14), published June, 1931
- 1931 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15), published April, 1932
- 1932 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15-32), published April, 1933
- 1937 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines, published March, 1938
- Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines
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