Corporate DS/UK/3474 Calow Colliery; 1899-1934; coal mine Calow Colliery Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited coal mine 1899-1934 Calow Calow Main Colliery

The colliery was first sunk in 1899 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, following the construction of a railway branch line from Chesterfield that served both Calow and Bonds Main Colliery. It is thought that some experimental older shafts sunk in the 1870s were used as ventilation shafts. In 1908, the underground workings were joined with Bonds Main Colliery. There were also 2 drift mines at the site. The pit village of Arkwright served the colliery, as well as nearby Arkwright Colliery. The colliery closed 1934 when it was decided to centralise local workings at Arkwright Colliery, where it was possible to produce bigger and better qualities of coal. The shafts and drift mines were absorbed into the Arkwright site. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) ‘Bonds Main’, https://www.oldminer.co.uk/bonds-main.html ‘Bond's Main Colliery Closed May 1949 After 52 Years’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-4/B4-1949-B.html ‘Calow Main’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/calow-main.html Griffins, A. R., Mining in the East Midlands, 1550-1947 (London: Frank Cass & Company Limited, 2005) Wain, K., The Coal Mining Industry of Sheffield and North Derbyshire (Amberley, 2014) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 19/06/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71072486 10/02/2022 2dc061ad-40b5-4253-ac18-2fc202a1af5e