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  Billerley Crags Drift  Index  Billerley Crags Drift  
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Billerley Crags Drift

also known as Crag Drift


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Wark
12 miles [19 km] NNW of Hexham
Map Ref: (Sheet 80) NY835803, 55° 7' 3" N, 2° 15' 30" W
Maps: Map 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed: 17 Nov 1930
Owners: 1890s - W. Charlton
1900s - T. Parker
1900s - W. Nixon
1910s - E. Tazey & Co.
1910s - T. H. Hall
1920s - E. Diggle & Thomas Dodds
Output: 1894 - Coal: Household.
1896 - Coal: Household.
1900 - Coal: Household.
1902 - Coal: Household.
1910 - Coal: Household.
1915 - Coal.
1921 - Coal.
1923 - Coal: Household.
1924 - Coal: Household.
1925 - Coal: Household.
1927 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household.
Employment: 1894 - 2
1896 - 3
1900 - 0 [Standing]
1902 - 2
1905 - 3
1910 - 3 (1 below, 2 surface)
1915 - 2
1921 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
1923 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
1924 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
1925 - 5
1927 - 2
1930 - 0 [Abandoned]
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1905 - Limestone Coal
1910 - Limestone Coal
1915 - Limestone Coal
1921 - Limestone Coal
1923 - Little Limestone
1924 - Little Limestone
1925 - Little Limestone
1927 - Little Limestone
1929 - Twenty One Inch
1930 - Twenty one inch [Abandoned]
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Billerley Crags Drift
Notes:

1912 - Limestone, Crag seams abandoned

1930, 17 Nov - Twenty One Inch or Limestone or Crag seam abandoned



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Billerley Crags Drift

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Billerley Crags Drift


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department

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