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Mines under Swale Moor in the 19th Century
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This area of Halifax has been mined since the 16th century. By the early 19th century there were a number of pits working and not surprisingly there were boundary disputes. In the 1820s miners from Cold Harbour pit which was sunk in 1799 were accused of working coal which belonged to Nab End and Clarkes pits. Boothtown Colliery became the biggest mine and was a day-hole mine, the local term for a drift mine. This mine began work in the late 18th century and finally closed around 1875. In 1842 the working faces were 1800 to 2000 yards from the entrance which suggests that it had taken over or absorbed a number of the smaller mines. |
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