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I don't think these two booklets have been mentioned here, unfortunately they are difficult to get hold of but should be available through libraries.

Publication No. 24
Lost Industries of Turton Moor: Forgotten Mining & Pipe Making Industries in a Remote Part of Turton
by Peter M. Harris
ISBN 1904974007

This has chapters
1
2 Coal at Turton Moor
3 The first Turton Moor Colliery
4 Andrew Knowles and Co
5 Briggs and Walsh
6 Turton Moor Coal (and Fireclay) Co
7
8
9
Various old maps and photographs, including a 1908 OS map marked up with the various collieries.

Publication No. 5
Bradshaw and Harwood Collieries: The Story of Coalmining in the Townships of Bradshaw and Harwood within the Parish of Bolton - Le - Moors, Lancashire
by James J Francis
ISBN 1904974058



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These used to be very elusive but the society now have a website listing the publications and a system for ordering copies.

36. Mining in Turton

http://www.turtonhistory.com/2016/10/36-mining-in-turton.html 

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