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Pan Lane Drifts

Location:	Tow Law
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1930s - J. E. Wailes & Co. Ltd.
	1940s - Inkerman Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output:	1930 - Coal.
	1935 - Coal: Coking.
	1948 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1949 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1950 - 3/4 Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1951 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1952 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1953 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1954 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1955 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1956 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
	1957 - Harvey Drift - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1930 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface)
	1935 - 14 [a/g Inc. in Inkerman Drifts Nos. 1 and 2]
	1940 - 13 (10 below, 3 surface)
	1945 - 3/4 Drift - 31 (26 below, 5 surface)
	1948 - 3/4 Drift - 19 (14 below, 5 surface)
	1949 - 3/4 Drift - 19 (14 below, 5 surface)
	1951 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
	1952 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
	1953 - Harvey Drift - 17 (14 below, 3 surface)
	1954 - Harvey Drift - 15 (12 below, 3 surface)
	1955 - Harvey Drift - 15 (12 below, 3 surface)
	1956 - Harvey Drift - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
	1957 - Harvey Drift - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1930 - Five Quarter
	1935 - Main
	1948 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey, Three Quarter
	1949 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey, Three Quarter
	1950 - 3/4 Drift - Harvey
	1951 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1952 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1953 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1954 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1955 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1956 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	1957 - Harvey Drift - Harvey
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pan Lane Drifts
Notes:	1947, Dec - Three Quarter seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Hemming, Harry, 21 Feb 1938, aged 37, Hewer, he was killed when the Ballarat Seam fell into the Five Quarter Seam [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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