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Riding Drift

Location:

Lamesley
5½ miles [8 km] S of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ246554, 54° 53' 36" N, 1° 36' 56" W

Opened:

Closed:

18 May 1929

Owners:

1900s - Charles Perkins & Partners

1910s - Birtley Iron Co.

Output:

1902 - Coal.

1905 - Coal.

1910 - Coal.

1915 - Coal: Gas.

1921 - Coal: Gas.

1923 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1924 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1925 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1902	63	56	7
1905	123	105	18
1910	21	19	2
1915	82	66	16
1921	21	21
1923	97	89	8
1924	172	150	22
1925	169	143	26
1925	Temporarily closed 19/06/25
1927	147	106	41
1929	25	19	6
1929	Abandoned 18/5/29

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Busty, Five Quarter, Towneley

1910 - Five Quarter, Main Coal

1915 - Main Coal

1921 - Main Coal

1923 - Main Coal

1924 - Main Coal

1925 - Main [Temporarily closed 19/06/25]

1927 - Main

1929 - Main [Abandoned 18/5/29]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Riding Drift

Notes:

1929, 18 May - Main seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Riding Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Riding Drift

Credits

Sources:

1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department