4Stf List of Collieries in and near Derbyshire* 



the same worthy of a j^Iace in your Philosophical and Geo- 

 logical Magazine, it may be proper to observe, that the 

 names of the places in the first column, arc not always 

 those of the parish in which the coal \vorks are situate, 

 but of the nearest or most convenient place, shown in ge- 

 neral maps, by which to refer to the precise site of the 

 collieries. Also, that many of these works are now dis- 

 continued : yet as in almost every instance, more of this 

 valuable mineral remains still ungotten, in or near to the 

 same spot, the recording of all places where coals have at 

 any time been wOrked, seems an object of some im- 

 portance. In the report on the county of Derby, which 

 1 am at present employed in preparinsf, for the Board of 

 Agriculture, I intend to give in one alphabetical list, the 

 bearings and distances of each of these collieries, from the 

 towns mentioned in the first column, with the particular 

 place in the series of strata to which each colliery is to be 

 referred, as far as I am able in the present instance : the 

 collating of the ^reat mass of information which I -have 

 been favoured with, from the several coal-masters, and 

 their agents and workmen, being yet unfinished, as well as 

 the reexamination of some parts of the interesting coal- 

 fields, within the limits of my intended map, in districts 

 where the alluvial coverings, the faults and stupendous dis- 

 locations of the strata, have presented great, but as I trust, 

 not insuperable difficulties, to the complete elucidation of 

 these highly important strata. In the report I shall di- 

 stinguish such of the above collieries as now arc, or recently 

 have been, in work. Where no county is mentioned to 

 the places in the lirst column, Derbyshire is to be under- 

 stood; in which county I find the coal strata or measures, 

 distributed over not less than 190,000 acres of its surface! 

 T shall esteem it a great favour, if proprietors of estates, or 

 others, who happen to be possessed of correct accounts of 

 the sinkings or measures at any of the collieries below, in 

 documents to which I may not have had access, or respect- 

 ing any ancient collieries within these limits, which may 

 have eluded my inquiries, that they will communicate co- 

 pies of such particulars (addressed as below) as soon as 

 convenient; carefully distingishing the bearing and di- 

 stance from one at least of the above places; the time of 

 ceasing to work, old collieries, if known, &c. The borings 

 or sinkings, where trials to any depth have been made, 

 whether successful or not, would be alike acceptable, such 

 being the materials from which, principally, a correct ac- 

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