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Howburn Drift
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| Location: | Morpeth 14½ miles [23 km] NNW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NZ208868, 55° 10' 31" N, 1° 40' 22" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1920's |
| Owners: | 1880s - Caisley & Wood |
| 1890s - Howburn Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| 1900s - Morpeth Collieries Co. | |
| 1920s - Morris Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1920s - A. Robinson | |
| 1920s - T. Richardson | |
| Output: | 1883 - Coal, Landsale. |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 90 (80 below, 10 surface) |
| 1896 - 58 (46 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1900 - 77 (64 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1902 - 53 (41 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1921 - 50 (30 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1927 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1929 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) [Abandoned 4/29] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Bandy, Old Main, Twenty Inch |
| 1927 - Old Man | |
| 1929 - Harvey, Twenty One Inch [Abandoned 4/29] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Howburn Drift |
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| Notes: | 1929, 04 Jun - Nineteen Inch, Twenty-one Inch, Harvey seams abandoned |
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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 Howburn Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Howburn Drift
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Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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