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Byron Drift

Location:	Greenhead 12 miles [19 km] NNW of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 86) NY661647, 54° 58' 32" N, 2° 31' 47" W
Opened:
Closed:	05 Aug1927
Owners:	1920s - Gapshields Colliery Co.
Output:	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1921 - 73 (57 below, 16 surface)
	1923 - 74 (57 below, 17 surface)
	1924 - 73 (55 below, 18 surface)
	1925 - 50 (37 below, 13 surface)
	1927 - 23 [Abandoned 5/8/27]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Little Limestone
	1923 - Little Limestone
	1924 - Little Limestone
	1925 - Little Limestone
	1927 - Little Limestone [Abandoned 5/8/27]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Byron Drift

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Kennedy, William, 07 Mar 1872, aged 13, Driver, crushed by tubs, Buried: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Greenhead

						1 name found

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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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Byron Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Byron Drift

Gallery Images:

Credits

Sources:

1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
Headstone(s) in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Greenhead

Pictures:

Colliery picture provided by Mr. J. Findlay