Corporate DS/UK/4111 Eckington; Mossbrook Colliery; fl 1955-1979; coal mine Mossbrook Colliery coal mine fl 1955-1979 Eckington

Gashouse Lane, Eckington

The colliery worked the Parkgate Seam. It only employed up to 1967 10 to 12 men underground, with 2 men at the surface, with numbers decreased only 3 men employed in 1968 and 1969. There was also a drift mine which started in 1955. In the early 1970s the colliery was taken over by the Doe Lea Colliery Limited.It finally closed on 11 Dec 1979. 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) Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 15/12/2021 DERBYSHIRE\71072486 10/02/2022 b9202677-edb7-4052-bd7d-e95ba014fe3b