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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972
BUT - Butterley Company Colliery Offices - 1857-1960
10 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices surveying records and plans - 1888-1939
2 - Butterley Company survey reports on coal seams - 1891-1945
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
NCB/A/BUT/10/2/10
Former Reference
N31/UL
Title
Report on Denby Hall Colliery's Silkstone Seam
Date
May 1942
Description
Report by FF Ridley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the quality and distribution of the coal found in the seam. According to an attached letter briefing on the report findings, the coal produced is not of valuable quality as there is no mechanical cleaning process on site. The report also aims to offer advise on how best to treat the coal as well as analyse its characterisitics, with one diagram.
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1 file
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Item
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Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Butterley Company
National Coal Board
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Denby; Denby Hall Colliery; FL 1876-1967; coal mine
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