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Hilltop Colliery |
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Hilltop Colliery |
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Hilltop Colliery
also known as Roger Holliday's Pit
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Esh
4 miles [6 km] WNW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ213442, 54° 47' 34" N, 1° 40' 6" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1860s - Roger & John Halliday |
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1880s - Roger Halliday |
| Output: |
1873 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1888 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1883 - 5 |
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1888 - 0 [Standing] |
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1890 - 0 [Standing] |
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1896 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hilltop Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hilltop Colliery
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)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 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
- 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.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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