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Alma Drift |
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Alma Drift |
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| Location: |
Grange Villa
6 miles [10 km] NNW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ233516, 54° 51' 31" N, 1° 38' 13" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
02 Mar 1955 |
| Owners: |
1940s - Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1950 - Coal: Gas. |
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1955 - Coal: Gas. |
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1958 - Coal: Gas. |
| Employment: |
1950 - 0 [inc. in Twizell Burn] |
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1955 - 214 (153 below, 61 surface) |
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1958 - 163 (120 below, 43 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1950 - Hutton, Low Main |
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1955 - Hutton, Low Main, Main and Five Quarter |
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1958 - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main |
| Notes: |
1950 - Low Main seam discontinued |
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 Alma Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Alma Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Alma Drift
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