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Bullcliffe Wood Colliery
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| Location: | Denby Dale Road, Bretton West, nr. Wakefield 4½ miles [7 km] SW of Wakefield |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE285148, 53° 37' 44" N, 1° 34' 7" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Sinking Started: | 1927 |
| Owners: | Bullcliffe Wood Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (65,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1933 - 80 (65 below, 15 surface) |
| 1937 - 80 (65 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1940 - 80 (65 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1947 - 140 (110 below, 30 surface) | |
| 1954 - 251 (187 below, 64 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Barnsley, Top Haigh Moor |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
Bullcliffe Wood, Denby Dale Road, Bretton West, Nr. Wakefield: Established 1927, now a complex of drift mines: two established 1956; No. 4 is 405 yds. long at 1 in 4, equipped with 36 in. conveyor delivering into surface surge bunker and No. 5 is 469 yds. long at 1 in 4 used for ventilation and travelling; 290 men prod. 251,000 tons from Top Haigh Moor seam.
NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967
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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)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bullcliffe Wood Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bullcliffe Wood Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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