Try
http://web.archive.org/web/20030210181131/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/john.vaughan/
The site is only available from Archive as John Vaughn decided to remove it
from the web as a marked increase in vandalism was noted at the sites as
they were put on the web, Also try www.kurg.org.uk which has a section on
collieries as well as other mines in Kent and E Sussex. Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Colby" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Pete Mason" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Kent Coalfield
> At 07:54 05/10/2003, you wrote:
>
> >Does anyone how they found this concealed coalfield and why it was there.
> >The geology I can do it is the historical/social aspects that I am
> >interested in.
> >cheers
> >Rob Ixer
>
>
> Rob
>
> Just found this
>
> http://www.beer-genealogy.freeserve.co.uk/mining/shakespeare_colliery.htm
>
> which says
>
> Shakespeare Colliery was located at the base of Shakespeare Cliff between
> Dover and Folkestone, on the site of the original Channel Tunnel
> workings. The Kent Coal Fields Syndicate Ltd took over the Channel Tunnel
> workings in 1886. After much speculation (the first suggestion that there
> might be coal in the area was made in the 1840s), a 2 foot deep seam of
> coal was discovered on Saturday 15th February 1890 at a depth of 300
metres
> during boring operations at Shakespeare Cliff. The first shaft was begun
> in on 21st August 1891 and in 1897 three companies were formed to search
> for coal in the area. All three companies were left in financial
> difficulty when boreholes to the west of Dover proved unsuccessful. The
> Consolidated Kent Collieries Corporation was formed in July 1899 and took
> over the assets of the ailing companies. By 3rd February 1905, just 12
> tons of coal had been brought to the surface. Efforts to work the seam
> were plagued by difficulties, including flooding. So much so that, by
> 1912, only 1,000 tons of coal had been raised. The colliery finally
closed
> just before Christmas 1915.
>
> A number of bores were sunk between 1905 and 1910, under the direction of
> Arthur Burr, to delineate the extent of the coalfield. By 1914, 40
> boreholes had been dug at considerable expense to locate workable seams,
> the best of which were found at deep levels and averaged only just over a
> metre in thickness.
>
> There's more links from
> http://www.beer-genealogy.freeserve.co.uk/mining/index.htm - links to
> individual collieries bit near the bottom of the page.
>
> HTH
>
> John
>
>
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