Eden - Main Coal Drift
| Location: |
Leadgate
10 miles [16 km] NW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ142517, 54° 51' 35" N, 1° 46' 44" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1880s - Consett Iron Co. Ltd. |
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1890s - Consett Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1873 - Coal. |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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