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South Birtley Colliery
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| Location: | Birtley 5½ miles [9 km] SSE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ274549, 54° 53' 18" N, 1° 34' 21" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 08 Feb 1922 |
| Owners: | 1880s - J. F. Swinburn |
| 1880s - Allison & Cockburn | |
| 1890s - William Allison | |
| 1910s - F. J. Allison | |
| Output: | 1865 - Coal. |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1950 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 15 (11 below, 4 surface) |
| 1896 - 17 (13 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1902 - 17 (11 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1905 - 14 (9 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1910 - 17 (13 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1915 - 10 (7 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1921 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface) [Abandoned] | |
| 1950 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Maudlin |
| 1910 - Maudlin | |
| 1915 - Main, Maudlin | |
| 1921 - Maudlin [Abandoned] | |
| 1950 - Main | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for South Birtley Colliery |
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| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for South Birtley Colliery |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of South Birtley Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to South Birtley 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
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 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
- 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
- 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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