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Tunnel Drift

Location:	Shildon 10½ miles [16 km] SSW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ227267, 54° 38' 5" N, 1° 38' 54" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1940s - Joseph Hetherington & Co.
	1950s - Richardson & Stobart
Output:	1935 - Coal: Steam.
	1940 - Coal: Steam.
	1948 - Coal: Steam.
	1949 - Coal: Steam.
	1950 - Coal: Steam.
	1951 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1952 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1953 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1954 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1955 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Barytes.
Employment:	1935 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface)
	1940 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface)
	1945 - 14 (12 below, 2 surface)
	1948 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface)
	1949 - 7
	1950 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
	1951 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface)
	1952 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface)
	1953 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface)
	1954 - 9
	1955 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface)
Seams Worked:	1935 - Main
	1940 - Main
	1948 - Main
	1949 - Main
	1950 - Main
	1951 - Main
	1952 - Main
	1953 - Main
	1954 - Main

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!

						Thorogood, Joseph, 20 Feb 1934, aged 42, died instantly from internal injuries sustained as the direct result of a roof collapse

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

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
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