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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 781238
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/781238
NS75SW 32 7393 5005
Further research has amended the grid reference from NS 7393 5001 to NS 7393 5005.
Information from RCAHMS (MKO) June 2006.
THINACRES COLLIERY
Location: Quarter
Previous Owners: Overwood Coal Company
Types of Coal: Steam and House
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1939
Year Closed: 1963
Average Workforce: 91
Peak Workforce: 99
Peak Year: 1956
Shaft/Mine Details: surface mine
Details in 1949: Output 60 tons per day, 3,000 tons per annum, longwall working. 41 employees. Screens: shaker riddle [coal preparation by grading coal by size]. No washer [no equipment for the wet cleaning of coal]. No baths, canteen or medical facilities. All electricity from public supply. Report dated 15-02-1949.
Other Details: Transferred to National Coal Board (NCB) in 1949.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
