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Boyne Colliery
Langley Park, Durham
54.760533, -1.615310
Opened:
Unknown
Closed:
19th c
Reclaimed
Condition:
Last Updated:
9 Jun 2022
Owners:
North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd. (1880s)
HER Info (unless otherwise noted)
"The North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd., are also working the royalties in this township [Brandon and Byshottles], at their Littleburn Colliery, where three shafts are engaged, two for drawing coals, and one for pumping and upcast. At the Boyne pits thre are two shafts used for ventilating purposes."
- Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham (retrieved from Durham Mining Museum)
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