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Wentworth Silkstone Colliery
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| Location: | Stainborough, nr. Barnsley 3 miles [5 km] SW of Barnsley |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE311034, 53° 31' 34" N, 1° 31' 51" W |
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| Sinking Started: | 1856 |
| Owners: | Wentworth Silkstone Collieries (1919) Ltd. |
| Wentworth Silkstone Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (149,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1923 - 438 (363 below, 75 surface) |
| 1933 - 601 (519 below, 82 surface) | |
| 1940 - 601 (519 below, 82 surface) | |
| 1947 - 495 (375 below, 120 surface) | |
| 1954 - 806 (676 below, 130 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Flockton, Low Fenton, Top Fenton |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
Wentworth Silkstone, Stainborough, Nr. Barnsley: Orig. 1856. Two surface drifts. Established 1912; extended 1955/59 dipping at a gradient of 1 in 5 to the Whinmoor seam which provides all the output, wholly cut and loaded by machines; 550 men prod. 422,000 tons annually.
NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wentworth Silkstone Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wentworth Silkstone Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1923 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
- 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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