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Highgate Colliery |
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Highgate Colliery |
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Highgate Colliery
| Location: |
Goldthorpe, nr. Doncaster
2½ miles [4 km] ESE of Tamworth
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 140 Leicester, Coventry and Rugby) SK252000, 52° 35' 51" N, 1° 37' 37" W |
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| Owners: |
Highgate Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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Highgate Colliery (1943) Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (97,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
1923 - 109 (82 below, 27 surface) |
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1933 - 140 (108 below, 32 surface) |
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1940 - 170 (128 below, 42 surface) |
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1940 - 166 (145 below, 21 surface) |
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1947 - 242 (178 below, 64 surface) |
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1954 - 386 (320 below, 66 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Shafton |
| 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 Highgate Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Highgate Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1923 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
- 1933 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
- 1940 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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