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Creswell Colliery began under the direction of J. P. Houfton in September that year. Coal was reached at 450 yards and production began in 1897. The colliery had two shafts and access to between three and four square miles of coal reserves. By 1901 the colliery was
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209:Demise of the business
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333:"Eighty men entombed"
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343:22 March
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128:History
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