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Well heres a summary of yesterday. It was cold .. ha ha ...
No let me be serious , I do have a coal mine the coal was actually plentiful in the drift entrance, its possibly coal and fireclay, because of the lack of any records its date is probably late 19th c or even late 18th c. Unfortunately there is a collapse from the roof that is stopping progress.

Kay , :thumbsup:

What section of Coal was there?

Was there a Brickworks in Shawforth?

You mention in the Drift,how much of a pitch was there walking in?

Beyond the Brick wall,were there signs of roadways driven off the main drift,or was the fall just behind the wall.?

What section of Coal was there?

Was there a Brickworks in Shawforth?

You mention in the Drift,how much of a pitch was there walking in?

Beyond the Brick wall,were there signs of roadways driven off the main drift,or was the fall just behind the wall.?

Hi,
I was one of the people there yesterday, i will try to answer your questions.

What section of Coal was there?

The coal we found was on the floor inside the drift before the collapse

Was there a Brickworks in Shawforth?

Yes. near to the where the train staion used to be.

You mention in the Drift,how much of a pitch was there walking in?

There is a noticeable rise inside the drift as to how much pitch, sorry don't know.

Beyond the Brick wall,were there signs of roadways driven off the main drift,or was the fall just behind the wall.?

Unfortunately we never got beyond the brick wall due to a serious collapse before it, i have added a few photos.

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/photo/Personal-Album-1874-Image-45390/ 

Thanks for the info and photo`s,nice stone arching,

How far in was the fall?
It looks like blue clay?

Could you see past it at all,if this was the end of the stone arching,or in-fact its the arching thats collapsed?

Is that blue pipe on the right going through the fall?

Is there any sign on the surface of the seam outcropping?

Thanks for the info and photo`s,nice stone arching,

How far in was the fall?
It looks like blue clay?

Could you see past it at all,if this was the end of the stone arching,or in-fact its the arching thats collapsed?

Is that blue pipe on the right going through the fall?

Is there any sign on the surface of the seam outcropping?

The stone arching had collapsed and whatever was above has come pouring in, whether this is a failure in the stonework or a deliberate attempt to block it i don't know. We looked on the surface and there appeared to be a slump but it was difficult to tell due to the ground being covered in snow.

Kay will know if the pipe goes through or not. As for the seam out cropping again the area was covered in snow- but looking at the geol maps i wouldn't think it would.

Well Guy's .. That very modern blue pipe did extend past this area !!!I will never playwith mathes again !!!! :lol:

The reason i asked was ,there`s nothing showing on the BGS map,the bottom seam shown is a lot higher,but sometimes there are Rider seams and even un-recorded seams,seams not proven elsewhere.

If one could see the Seam index on the left hand side of that BGS map shown,that would show everything proven in the area.

You would`nt by any chance know the NGR for that level?

As i know someone in the Coal Authority who might be able to search out the name of this level and seam worked.

Looking at the geol map there are no indications of coal out cropping at the location of the drift. Also the age of the drift would determine if it shows on any uk coal records.

Betarev3,
Do you have the full map,or only seen the part Mr . Mike put up?

How much coal was on the floor?

If not much,this could have been washed back when the collapse occured from a small rider above the stone arching.

I know this is 3 years after the topic but just joined.

the mine in question is rock view colliery, ran by Abraham Hill
it worked upper and lower mountain mines.
off top of my head closed 1880's will have date somewhere.

i have that sketch. It is the sett (staith) The ginney to the pit ran up through that tunnel on your land then out into open fields to the pithead.

there was a shaft up at the upper mountain pithead down to the lower mountain for ventalation.

Shakleton was a short lived affaire though employed a lot of men (for that area) James Dearden owned it and ran it along with Old House (red brick building on way down to shawforth by side of main road under Gawmless end.

they closed in first decade of 20th cent. if you do get in any of them, watch out for Blackdamp, quite a few were killed by this whern those pits were going. Most on that hillside were interlinked and also with those on the Foulclough side.

Thanks for the update.