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Harperley 'Witton' Colliery
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| Location: | Harperley |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 18 Jul 1930 |
| Owners: | 1910s - Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd. |
| 1920s - New Harperley Collieries Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1915 - Coal and Ganister. |
| 1921 - Coal. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1915 - 29 (26 below, 3 surface) |
| 1921 - 65 (56 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1923 - 70 (63 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1924 - 87 (78 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1925 - 1 [Closed 05/24] | |
| 1927 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1929 - 66 (53 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1930 - 2 [Abandoned 18/7/30] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1915 - Ganister, Marshall-Green |
| 1921 - Ganister and Fireclay Seam, Marshall Green | |
| 1923 - Marshall Green | |
| 1924 - Marshall Green | |
| 1925 - Marshall Green [Closed 05/24] | |
| 1927 - Marshall Green | |
| 1929 - Marshall Green | |
| 1930 - Marshall Green [Abandoned 18/7/30] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Harperley 'Witton' Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1930, 18 Jul - Marshall Green 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:
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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