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loomis






Denby colliery
replied on: 11/13/2006 8:06:49 PM
Sue,

If the pit you are talking about is the one with the conical red-shale spoil heap situated up the lane opposite Denby church, and visible for miles around, then this would be New Winnings, the man-riding shaft for the Denby Drury-Lowe Colliery. The coal was wound at the 'Old Pit' situated on Park Hall Road, just off the old A 61. New Winnings closed around 1960 when the former Kilburn Colliery was re-opened to access reserves in the lower coal measures, and the New Winnings shaft then just used for pumping until the colliery closed completely in January 1968. All traces of mining were obliterated by subsequent opencast mining.
I have some old photo's of the pit, and am looking for more. Anyone out there with anything on Denby Mining please let me know.
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