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Middlestone Moor Colliery
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| Location: | Middlestone Moor 7 miles [11 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ239317, 54° 40' 47" N, 1° 37' 45" W |
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian), the colliery at Middlestone Moor is shown above the legend for Leasingthorne |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1965 |
| Owners: | 1930s - W. Ellwood |
| 1930s - Middlestone Moor Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| 1940s - Spennymoor Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1930 - Coal. |
| 1935 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1961 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1964 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1965 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1930 - 13 (10 below, 3 surface) |
| 1935 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1940 - 24 (16 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1945 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1950 - 28 (24 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1955 - 31 (27 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1960 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1961 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1964 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1965 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1930 - Hutton |
| 1935 - Hutton | |
| 1940 - Hutton | |
| 1950 - Hutton | |
| 1955 - Hutton | |
| 1960 - Hutton | |
| 1961 - Hutton | |
| 1964 - Hutton | |
| 1965 - Hutton | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Middlestone Moor Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1937, 02 Jun - Three Quarters seam 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 Middlestone Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Middlestone Moor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 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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