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Naworth Colliery
(See also Midgeholme Colliery)
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| Location: | Milto, Carlisle 9 miles [14 km] NNW of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86) NY642587, 54° 55' 18" N, 2° 33' 31" W |
| Opened: | 1926 |
| Closed: | 30 Jul 1954 |
| Pits: | East Drift, locn: (Sheet 86) NY647590, closed: 1948 (See also East Drift) |
| King Pit, closed: 20 Jul 1954 | |
| North Drift, locn: (Sheet 86) NY646593, closed: 31 Mar 1953 (See also North Drift) | |
| West Drift, locn: (Sheet 86) NY644591, closed: 1949 | |
| Owners: | 1860s - Maria Thompson & Sons. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. |
| 1883 - Coal. | |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal. | |
| 1952 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1953 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1952 - 285 (205 below, 80 surface) |
| 1953 - 278 (209 below, 69 surface) | |
| 1954 - 169 (148 below, 21 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1952 - Cannel, Little Limestone, Low Main, Weelsyke |
| 1953 - Cannel, Craignook, Little Limestone, Low Main, Three Quarter, Wellsyke | |
| 1954 - Craignook, Three Quarter | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Naworth Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1929, 30 May - Little Limestone seam abandoned |
1930, 31 Jul - Cannel, Wellsyke seams 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 Naworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Naworth Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 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
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