YORKSHIRE MAIN COLLIERY

AND OTHER LOCAL MINES

MINING LINKS

   http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/Silverwood/index.htm GREAT SITE ABOUT THE FORMER SILVERWOOD COLLIERY THAT HAD WORKINGS WITHIN 400YARDS UNDERGROUND OF YORKSHIRE MAIN COLLIERY.

www.ncm.org.uk/    The national coal mining museum for England, Well worth a visit, the underground tour brought back a lot of memories and its free.

www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/  Site covering all the welsh coal mines and more.

www.rjb.co.uk/  Home of Britains largest coal mining company.

www.minersadvice.co.uk/index.htm  A big site covering nearly all of the mines in the uk and giveing lots of advice and support to those who have worked in the coal industry.

www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/  Good site to swap and buy mining items.

www.archiesplace.com/mining/   Database of Ex miners, dont forget to leave your name.

www.pitwork.net  Has an excellent  forum were you can discuss any thing mining. Large site with lots of mining info and pictures.

www.mininghistory.org.uk

Access to mineral heritage, The story of mining in the uk.

www.domanialemijn.nl/

coal mining in the netherlands, Excellent site.

http://members.home.nl/wimschoenmaekers/

Another good mining site from the netherlands, in the Dutch language, but some excellent photographs.
For English visitors you can send any comments or questions about the site to Wim and he will try to answer them A.S.A.P at  mijnhouwer@home.nl

http://www.pro-bergbau.de

A German site translated into English in support of the German hard coal mining industry. excellent site and well worth a visit for a few hours. 

 www.heroes-of-mine.co.uk

A brief history of mines rescue in the uk.

http://www.lightingthedarkness.co.uk/King%20Coal.htm

Take a look at this site to see some great pictures of abandoned coal mines including Gascoine wood, Annesley, chatterly whitfield and pleasley colliery, please read the home page to see what the site is all about. 

http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/maltby/index.htm

Page all about the Maltby pit disaster of 1923, well worth a look for more information on the disaster.

 

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/default.aspx

UK Mine & Quarry Exploration web site and discussion forum including a searchable database of UK mines and quarries and facility for members to upload photographs and trip reports.