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Gap Shields Colliery
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| Location: | Greenhead 12 miles [19 km] NNW of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86) NY644643, 54° 58' 19" N, 2° 33' 22" W |
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Owners: | 1940s - Naworth Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1915 - Coal. |
| 1920 - Coal. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1948 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1915 - 39 (26 below, 13 surface) |
| 1920 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1935 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1945 - No. 1 - 32 (24 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1947 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1948 - No. 1 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1950 - 59 (48 below, 11 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1915 - Limestone Coal |
| 1920 - Limestone Coal [Standing] | |
| 1935 - Little Limestone | |
| 1948 - No. 1 - LittleLimestone | |
| 1950 - Little Limestone | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gap Shields Colliery |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gap Shields Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gap Shields Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1947 The 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
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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