Newsham Drift
| Location: |
Gainford
10 miles [16 km] NNW of Richmond
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ128161, 54° 32' 24" N, 1° 48' 8" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
26 Sep 1914 |
| Owners: |
1910s - Newsham Collieries Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1910 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1910 - 62 (49 below, 13 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] |
| Seams Worked: |
1910 - Limestone series |
| |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Newsham Drift |
| Notes: |
1914 - Yoredale seam abandoned |
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 Newsham Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Newsham Drift
Credits
Sources:
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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