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Osmondcroft Colliery
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| Location: | Winston 10 miles [16 km] NNW of Richmond |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ129164, 54° 32' 35" N, 1° 48' 2" W |
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| Pits: | Newsham Drift, locn: (Sheet 92) NZ128161 |
 Shaft details for Newsham Drift |
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| Shaft details for North Pit |
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| Shaft details for South Pit |
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| Shaft details for Osmondcroft Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Osmondcroft Coal & Brick Co. |
| 1900s - Bell & Lowson | |
| 1930s - Nathaniel Clark & Sons | |
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1901 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 11 |
| 1894 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1900 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1901 - 16 (13 below, 3 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1902 - 15 (13 below, 2 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1905 - 21 (17 below, 4 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1908 - 61 (55 below, 6 surface) [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1909 - 0 [inc. Whorley Hill] | |
| 1930 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) [Opened Aug 1930] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Limestone series |
| 1930 - Winston Main or Yoredale [Opened Aug 1930] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Osmondcroft Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1895 - Mineral almost exhausted and unprofitable to work |
1931, 16 Oct - Yoredale seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Osmondcroft Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Osmondcroft 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
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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