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
Martin Briscoe
Fort William