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The surface structures of the colliery were all removed ahead of residential development in the early 2000s. An archaeological study was done by Oxford
Archaeology North in 2005-2007 uncovering the remains of the Heapstead (the area at the top of the mineshaft, also known as the 'pit brow' or 'pit
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winding gear and was on the site of even older coal workings. The colliery, owned by John
Darlington, was isolated from roads resulting in the building of a narrow gauge tramway worked by horses to transport coal from the pit to the
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A time capsule was buried by the Mayor of Wigan in 2003. After ten years of fund raising the Gin Pit A half pit wheel from
Clipstone Colliery in Nottinghamshire was installed on the village green in 2013.
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and Six Foot mines. In 1923 the colliery had 237 underground and 57 surface workers. In common with many collieries on the
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