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D8042 - Barnes family of Chesterfield - 18th-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8042/421p
Title	Spurr and Hunter, Barns Colliery, to J G Barnes
Date	14 Jan 1848
Description	Hunter has been so engaged at the colliery that the account of expenses at the homestead is not ready; in the driving air and water course from the Lower towards the Upper Pit, we have met a fault of unknown downcast; we have since been drifting in the blackshale, expecting the regular rise to bring it up in 25 yards or so; last Saturday we struck the old workings on the Bassett and let in a strong stream of water which abated in a day or two; the additional regular feeder keeps our small engine at work day and night; we hope to have a large pump ready in the Engine Pit in a few weeks; for a considerable breadth in the Bassett below the old workings, the cola is very tender and nearly all slack; send a competent person to examine it; if we cannot agree a reasonable price for it with you, we must keep on the lower side as we already have an overgrown heap of slack.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Barnes family of Chesterfield
Format	Document

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