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Corporate NameCoton Park and Linton Colliery Company
PlaceLinton
Epithetcolliery company
Dates1869-1900
HistoryThe Coton Park and Linton Colliery was formed in about 1869, when two shafts were sunk to the Stockings Seam several hundred yards to the west of Castle Gresley. Minerals were leased beneath 826 acres extending from Church Gresley to Linton and Caldwell under lands belonging to Morris Richardson, Colonel Milligan and the John Port Trustees. Although it had six workable seams at its disposal, it proved difficult to work with the seams being badly contorted and faulted in many places with sponatneous combustion an ever-present problem. In 1888 work was suspended temporarily due to flooding, but it resumed after costly pumping and repairs in 1889. The colliery and its brickworks were offered for sale in 1898, but having received no offers the colliery closed in 1899. The company's leases and mines were acquired by the Moira Company early in the 20th century, some time between 1900 and 1910.
SourceThe Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900, by Colin Owen, 1984.
Authorised Form of NameLinton; Coton Park and Linton Colliery Company; 1869-1900; colliery company

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