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691:"Durham Mining Museum - Prince of Wales Colliery (UK)"
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738:Grissom, Catherine, ed. (May 1982). "Mining".
639:The history of the Yorkshire miners, 1881-1918
523:"Important Mining Prosecution at Pontefract".
322:New houses being built on Prince of Wales site
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19:For Prince of Wales Colliery, Abercarn, see
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995:"Pontefract - Fatal Colliery Accident".
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837:"UK Coal sinks into red after problems"
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400:Buckley, Christine (31 January 2002).
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864:"Britain's oldest coal mine to close"
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495:Lazenby, Paul (25 November 2010).
259:In 1896, the mine was acquired by
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761:"10,000 pit jobs 'to be axed'".
622:"Industrial Facts and Figures".
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637:Baylies, Carolyn (1993).
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308:North Yorkshire region.
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1601:Geology of Yorkshire
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1018:mineaccidents.com.au
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740:Fossil Energy Update
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406:infoweb.newsbank.com
1611:Monckton Coke Works
1422:Garforth Collieries
976:. 11 September 2014
869:The Daily Telegraph
607:"The Coal Crisis".
451:"The Coal Supply".
313:Kellingley Colliery
204:National Coal Board
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