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Construction workers in 1914 starting work on Harworth Colliery

Courtesy of J Banks

Harworth Colliery
Harworth
Nottinghamshire
England

Though only a few miles from Doncaster, Harworth is a Nottinghamshire pit. The Colliery was established between 1919 and 1924 (though construction started before World War 1, as can be seen here by the date of 1914 written on the workmen's saw). The Colliery, is today owned by RJB who bought it in 1994. The pit has two vertical shafts of 900 and 1000m. The pit has had recent heavy investment in deepening the shafts and upgrading its winders. Future work is said to be in the Deep Soft seam, which has the current workings. There are further accessible reserves in Top Hard seam which lies at a shallower depth to the east of the Deep Soft reserve. The Deep Soft has estimated 34 million tonnes some 2.9m thick. There are, as stated also reserves within a block of Hard Top seam which is of much better quality estimated at 9 mt 1.7 to 2.4m thick. The pit currently works 2 longwall faces. Manpower around 600.

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