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Bower Colliery
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| Location: | Tarset, Bellingham |
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| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 07 Jul 1927 |
| Owners: | 1900s - John Sisterson |
| 1920s - T. Wailes | |
| 1920s - George T. Harrison | |
| Output: | 1902 - Coal: Household. |
| 1921 - Coal. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1902 - 3 [Drifting] |
| 1921 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1923 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1924 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1925 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1927 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) [Temporarily closed 9/7/27] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Bower Top |
| 1923 - Bower | |
| 1924 - Bower | |
| 1925 - Bower | |
| 1927 - Bower [Temporarily closed 9/7/27] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bower Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1904, Apr - Unprofitable |
1928, 18 Mar - Top seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1902 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
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