	Newmillerdam Colliery	Index	Newmillerdam Colliery

Newmillerdam Colliery

Location:	nr. Wakefield 3 miles [5 km] S of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE326158, 53° 38' 15" N, 1° 30' 25" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1929
Owners:	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household. (49,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1933 - 94 (69 below, 25 surface)
	1940 - 156 (110 below, 46 surface)
	1947 - 185 (136 below, 49 surface)
	1954 - 225 (186 below, 39 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Beamshaw
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Newmillerdam, Nr. Wakefield: Established 1929; Drift Mine, Output conveyed to surface direct into screens. Manriding and return ventilation by satellite drift, 180 men prod. 84,000 tons from Kents Thick.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967

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 Newmillerdam Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Newmillerdam Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website