Treeton Colliery was a
coal mine situated in the village of
Treeton, near
Rotherham,
South Yorkshire, England.
Work on the sinking of Treeton Colliery commenced, with all due ceremony, in October 1875. Trade, at the time, was in a poor state and the company was short of capital so work was suspended three years later not being resumed until March, 1882.
The colliery was owned by the Rother Vale Collieries Limited which was founded in the same year, bringing together the new workings with collieries at Fence and
Orgreave. This became part of the
United Steel Companies Limited following the end of
World War I.
From its beginnings until 1965 Treeton worked the
Barnsley seam and the
High Hazels seam
The coal seams worked in the South Yorkshire Coalfield lie mainly in the middle coal measures within what is now formally referred to as the Pennine Coal Measures Group. These are a series of mudstones, shales, sandstones, and coal seams laid do ...
until the following year. After nationalisation it was decided to increase the output of the
Wathwood seam
The coal seams worked in the South Yorkshire Coalfield lie mainly in the middle coal measures within what is now formally referred to as the Pennine Coal Measures Group. These are a series of mudstones, shales, sandstones, and coal seams laid do ...
and to reopen the
Swallow Wood seam
The coal seams worked in the South Yorkshire Coalfield lie mainly in the middle coal measures within what is now formally referred to as the Pennine Coal Measures Group. These are a series of mudstones, shales, sandstones, and coal seams laid d ...
which had fallen into disuse in 1947. This came on stream in 1972 and lasted until the colliery closed on 7 December 1990. These two seams produced house coal.
Rail connections
The colliery was situated adjacent to the
North Midland Railway line at
Treeton and connected with this. It was also connected to the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway by a branch line which passed via
Orgreave Colliery
Orgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway
about east of Sheffield and south west of Rotherham. The colliery is within the parish of Orgreave, from which it ta ...
. Until May 1932 when storms caused parts of three bridges on the branch to be washed away the colliery was served by a
Paddy Mail which operated at shift change times from
Sheffield Victoria and
Darnall to serve both Orgreave and Treeton. This train was involved in an
accident in 1927.
References
* Paperwork of the Rother Vale Colliery Co.,
* "Coal News", newspaper of the National Coal Board.
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Coal mines in Rotherham
Coal mines in South Yorkshire
Treeton