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West Pontop Colliery
also known as Pontop Pike Colliery
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| Location: | Ditpon 11 miles [17 km] SW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ123524, 54° 52' 1" N, 1° 48' 28" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1938 |
| Pits: | Staple Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ166524, opened: 1821, sinking: 21 May 1821 |
| Success Pit | |
 Shaft details for Success Pit |
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| Windsor (North) Pit | |
| Shaft details for Windsor (North) Pit |
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| Owners: | 1930s - R. Southren |
| 1930s - West Pontop Colliery Co. | |
| 1930s - West Pontop Colliery Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1929 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1936 - Coal: Coking. | |
| Employment: | 1929 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) |
| 1930 - 0 [Idle 1930] | |
| 1935 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1936 - 7 (4 below, 3 surface) [Discontinued 11/36] | |
| 1938 - 13 (9 below, 4 surface) [Discontinued] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1929 - Shield Row |
| 1930 - Shield Row [Idle 1930] | |
| 1935 - Shield Row | |
| 1936 - Shield Row [Discontinued 11/36] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Pontop 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 West Pontop Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to West Pontop Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
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