Gibfield Colliery
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gibfield-colliery-260-323021
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Gibfield Colliery
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Gibfield Colliery was a coal mine owned by Fletcher, Burrows and Company in Atherton, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. A shaft was sunk at Gibfield to the Trencherbone mine in 1829 by John Fletcher next to the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which opened in 1830. The colliery was served by sidings near Bag Lane Station. On 11 February 1850, workers descended the pit and discovered the presence of gas which they tried to disperse with their jackets. The gas fired at the flame of
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibfield_Colliery
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2023-02-03T18:07:22Z
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