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Plan of the Earl of Warwick’s Somerset Collieries

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Greyfield Pit, Clutton

Coal drawing ceased 24 May 1911

Surface features are shown on all plans

Sheet 6. Plan Showing the Rock Vein, depth of this seam from the surface is 198 yards.
Coal seam height 1 foot 5 inches.
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Sheet 2. Plan Showing the Dabchick Seam, depth of this seam from the surface is 198 yards.
Coal seam heights 8 inches, 1 foot 2 inches and 2 inches.
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Sheet 4. Plan Showing the Streak Seam, depth of this seam from the surface is 219 yards.
Coal seam heights 1 foot, 8 inches and 1 foot 6 inches.
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Sheet 3. Plan Showing the Peacock Seam, depth of this seam from the surface is 249 yards.
Coal seam heights 1 foot 6 inches and 3½ inches.
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Sheet 5. Plan Showing the New Vein, depth of this seam from the surface is 300 yards.
Coal seam heights 7 inches, 2 feet 2 inches and 3 inches.
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Sheet 1. Plan Showing the Bantam Seam. This seam was worked from a level branch driven from the pit bottom (depth 300 yards).
Coal seam heights 1 foot and 6 inches.
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Sheet 7. Plan Showing the Rudge Seam. This seam was worked from a level branch driven from the pit bottom (depth 300 yards).
Coal seam heights 11 inches, 2 inches and 3 inches.
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Burchells Pit, Clutton

Abandoned 1 January 1921

Surface features are shown on all plans. Seam Depths not given.

Sheet 5. Plan Showing the Rock Vein.
Coal seam height 1 foot and 9 inches.
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Sheet 7. Plan Showing the Streak Seam. Also shows the location of Perry’s Pit
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Sheet 11. Plan Showing the Peacock Seam.
Coal seam heights 1 foot and 9 inches.
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Sheet 1. Plan Showing the New Vein. Also shows Greyfield Colliery old workings
Coal seam heights 7 inches, 2 foot 2 inches and 3 inches
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Sheet 6. Plan Showing the Streak Seam.
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Sheet 9. Plan Showing the Streak Seam.
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Sheet 3. Plan Showing the Dabchick Vein. Also shows Greyfield Colliery old workings
Coal seam heights 8 inches, 1 foot 5 inches and 4 inches
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Sheet 4. Plan Showing the Streak Seam. Also shows Greyfield Colliery old workings
Coal seam heights 1 foot 3 inches, 9 inches, and 1 foot 3 inches
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Sheet 2. Plan Showing the Peacock Seam. Also shows Greyfield Colliery old workings
Coal seam heights 1 foot 8 inches and 6 inches
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Sheet 10. Plan Showing the New Vein.
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Sheet 8. Plan Showing the Dabchick Vein.
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Nap Hill Adit

Plan Showing the Slyving Vein.
Coal seam heights 9 inches, 6 inches and 1 foot 3 inches
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Frys Bottom Colliery

Abandoned 31 July 1895

Sheet 6 - Plan showing the location of Fry’s Bottom Colliery
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Sheet 5. Section showing the depths of all seams from the surface (depths in fathoms)
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Sheet 3. Plan showing the Great Vein, depth of seam from the surface is 84 yards.
Coal seam height – 22 inches
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Sheet 4. Plan showing the Hard Vein, depth of seam from the surface is 114 yards.
Coal seam height – 24 inches
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Sheet 1. Plan showing the Streak Vein, depth of seam from the surface is 126 yards.
Coal seam height – 14 inches
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Sheet 2. Plan showing the Silving Vein, depth of seam from the surface is 168 yards.
Coal seam height – 26 inches
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Sheet 7. Plan showing the Silving Vein, depth of seam from the surface is 168 yards.
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Little Vein is at the Pit Bottom (180 yards) and is 14 inches thick. Plan not available.

Mooresland Pit

Abandoned 29 June 1904

Coal seam heights not given

Sheet 1- Incline
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Sheet 5 - Little Seam
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Sheet 4 - Middle Seam
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Sheet 2 - Slyving Seam
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Sheet 3 – General Plan showing the relative positions of the Slyving, Little and Middle seams
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