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Work on the sinking of
Treeton Colliery commenced, with all due ceremony, in October 1875. Trade, at the time, was in a poor state and the company was short of capital so work was suspended three years later not being resumed until March, 1882.
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The colliery was owned by the Rother Vale
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168:Coal mines in North Yorkshire
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55:World War I
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713:Categories
683:53°23′06″N
457:Kellingley
361:Silverwood
341:Rossington
256:Dinnington
246:Cortonwood
231:Brookhouse
226:Brodsworth
120:References
102:Paddy Mail
686:1°20′42″W
506:Incidents
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391:Waleswood
376:Thurcroft
356:Roundwood
351:Rotherham
296:Kilnhurst
281:Hickleton
236:Bullcroft
211:Barnburgh
116:in 1927.
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24:coal mine
492:Wheldale
442:Frickley
437:Flockton
432:Caphouse
366:Smithies
336:Orgreave
276:Hatfield
201:Aldwarke
185:Tan Hill
114:accident
88:line at
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729:Treeton
497:Woolley
386:Treeton
331:Nunnery
311:Manvers
261:Elsecar
221:Bentley
110:Darnall
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30:, near
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371:Thorne
306:Maltby
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