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shaft was sunk to the Dandy mine in 1903 and became known as the Dandy Pit. No.4 shaft was sunk to the Union mine, which had been formed by the merger of the Upper Foot and true Lower
Mountain mines. Production from the Union mine started in 1915 and became the pit's the major source of coal. The fourth shaft at 1,500 feet was the deepest in the coalfield.
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Colliery's first shafts were sunk to the Arley mine at a depth of 287 yards by Executors of John Hargreaves between 1865 and 1869. The four feet thick seam was worked until 1925. The King mine was worked between 1905 and 1925, and the Dandy (or Upper Arley) mine from 1910 to 1935. No. 3
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in the area. After his death, the company adopted the name 'The
Executors of John Hargreaves'. His nephew, Colonel John Hargreaves (1775-1834) continued the business until his death. His son had died young, and the property, including Bank Hall and Ormerod Hall in
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Ironworks in Wigan built a twin horizontal winding engine with 26 inch cylinders for No. 1 shaft in 1912. Its 18 foot drum could wind up to 1,554 feet.
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