Closed 1997 | Products Coal Opened 1927 | |
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Company RJB Mining, British Coal | ||
Bilsthorpe Colliery was a colliery in north Nottinghamshire. From when work started in 1925 to the pits closure in 1997 77 people died at the pit.
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Bilsthorpe colliery pit to pylon part 1
History
The pit began in July 1925 with two shafts. The mine was completed in 1928.
On 1 March 1927, fourteen miners were killed. On 26 July 1934, nine miners were killed.
1993 disaster
On 18 August 1993, a roof collapsed killing 26-year old Bill McCulloch (from Rainworth), 50-year-old Peter Alcock and an under-manager, 31-year-old David Shelton (from Blyth). A team from the Mansfield-based Mines Rescue Service searched for survivors.
A 1994 report was produced by the HM Inspectorate of Mines. The disaster was caused by unsafe roof bolting.
Closure
It closed in 1997. A memorial was unveiled in October 2011.
The site is now Bilsthorpe Business park. A new energy centre is planned.
Ownership
On 1 January 1947 it was taken over by the National Coal Board. From 1986 it was run by British Coal.