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| Location: | Lanchester 7 miles [11 km] WNW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ177478, 54° 49' 29" N, 1° 43' 28" W |
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Jan 1949 |
| Owners: | 1940s - Sir S. A. Sadler Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1948 - Coal: Coking. |
| 1950 - Coal: Coking. | |
| Employment: | 1945 - 91 (53 below, 38 surface) |
| 1948 - 49 (30 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1949 - 46 (30 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1950 - 0 [Abandoned 1/49] | |
| 1951 - 46 (30 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1952 - 46 (30 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1953 - 46 (30 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1954 - 46 (30 below, 16 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1948 - Hutton, Low Main |
| 1950 - Low Main [Abandoned 1/49] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Leazes Drift |
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| Notes: | 1948 - Hutton seam abandoned |
1949, Jan - Low Main 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)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Leazes Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Leazes Drift
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Credits
Sources:
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1949 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
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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