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White Lea Colliery
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| Location: | Birstal 7 miles [11 km] SW of Leeds |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE219251, 53° 43' 20" N, 1° 40' 0" W |
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| Owners: | White Lea Coal Co. |
| White Lea Colliery Co. (1929) Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 116 (101 below, 15 surface) |
| 1896 - 97 (73 below, 24 surface) | |
| 1900 - 170 (148 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1905 - 153 (130 below, 23 surface) | |
| 1910 - 227 (197 below, 30 surface) [Abandoned] | |
| 1915 - 183 (151 below, 32 surface) | |
| 1933 - 120 (100 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1940 - 44 (40 below, 4 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Beeston, Blocking, Middleton |
| 1910 - Beeston, Black Bed, Blocking [Abandoned] | |
| 1915 - Beeston, Black Bed, Blocking | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Mullins, D., 11 May 1874, aged 35, Fall of roof | |||||
| Sanderson, Abraham, 05 Mar 1859, Falling down the shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of White Lea Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to White Lea Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 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
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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