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Moorhill Drift
| Location: |
Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland
14 miles [22 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92, OL42) NZ100286, 54° 39' 8" N, 1° 50' 42" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Oct 1961 |
| Owners: |
1960s - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1959 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
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1960 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
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1961 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
| Employment: |
1959 - 30 (24 below, 6 surface) |
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1960 - 53 (47 below, 6 surface) |
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1961 - 27 (25 below, 2 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1959 - Marshall Green |
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1960 - Marshall Green |
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1961 - Marshall Green |
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 Moorhill Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Moorhill Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1959 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
- 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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