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Ayle and East Drift
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| Location: | Alston 2 miles [3 km] N of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87) NY719496, 54° 50' 25" N, 2° 26' 15" W |
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| Owners: | 1930s - Ayle Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1940 - Coal: Anthracite, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1940 - East Drift - Coal: Anthracite, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1950 - East Drift - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1960 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1965 - Anthracite. | |
| 1970 - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| 1975 - East Drift - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| 1980 - East Drift - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| 1985 - East Drift - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| 1990 - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| 1991 - Coal: Semi Anthracite. | |
| Employment: | 1935 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface) |
| 1940 - 19 (14 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1940 - East Drift - 10 | |
| 1945 - East Drift - 12 (9 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1950 - East Drift - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1955 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1960 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1965 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1970 - 17 (15 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1975 - East Drift - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1980 - East Drift - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1985 - East Drift - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1990 - 12 (11 below, 1 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1935 - Little Limestone |
| 1940 - Little Limestone | |
| 1940 - East Drift - Little Limestone | |
| 1950 - East Drift - Little Limestone | |
| 1955 - Little Limestone | |
| 1960 - Little Limestone | |
| 1965 - Little Limestone | |
| 1970 - Little Limestone | |
| 1975 - East Drift - Little Limestone | |
| 1980 - East Drift - Little Limestone | |
| 1985 - East Drift - Little Limestone | |
| 1990 - Little Limestone | |
| 1991 - Little Limestone | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ayle and East Drift |
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| Notes: | Current Status - Still working. |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Heatherington, John, Dec 1975, killed by a fall of roof | |||||
| 1 name found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ayle and East Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ayle and East Drift
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Credits
Sources:
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 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
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1975 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1985/6 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1990 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1991 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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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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