Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 217. Not illustrated. Chapters: Anhydrite Mines in England, Coal Mines in England, Gypsum Mines in England, Iron Mines in England, Lead Mines in England, Surface Mines in England, Underground Mines in England, Somerset Coalfield, Ladyshore Colliery, Wet Earth Colliery, Pleasley Colliery, Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines, Odin Mine, Birley Collieries, Agecroft Colliery, Bardon Hill, Orgreave Colliery, Harworth Colliery, Elsecar Collieries, List of Collieries in Yorkshire 1984-Present With Dates of Closure, Kellingley Colliery, Frickley Colliery, East Wheal Rose, National Coal Mining Museum for England, Long Meg Mine, Tinsley Park Collieries, Nunnery Colliery, Anson Engine Museum, Silverwood Colliery, Outwood Colliery, Manvers Main Colliery, Warren Vale Colliery, Kirkby Thore, Ram Hill Colliery, Dalton Main Collieries Ltd., Waleswood Colliery, Woodhorn, Kilnhurst Colliery, Kiveton Park Colliery, Parkfield Colliery, Maltby Main Colliery, Cotehill Railway Station, Gunnerside Gill, Clifton Hall Colliery, Roundwood Colliery, Yorkshire Main Colliery, Daw Mill, Cortonwood, High Hazels Colliery, Steetley Colliery, New Stubbin Colliery, Scropton Tramway, Bullcroft Colliery, Sutton Colliery, Brookhouse Colliery, Boulby Mine, Siston Hill Colliery, Tar Tunnel, Kingsbury Colliery, North Staveley Colliery, Fence Colliery, Clipstone Colliery, Shireoaks Colliery, Brodsworth Colliery, Great Rock Mine, Chatterley Whitfield, Apedale Heritage Centre, Wath Main Colliery, Thurcroft Colliery, Barnburgh Main Colliery, Monkwearmouth Colliery, Hodbarrow Nature Reserve, Warren House Colliery, Flockton Colliery, Force Crag Mine. Excerpt: The Somerset coalfield included pits in North Somerset, England, area where coal was mined from the 15th century until 1973. It is part of a wider coalfield which covered northern Somerset and southern Gloucestershire in...