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| | Durham Mining Museum - Margaret Pit |
 | | Here [Newbottle Township] are extensive collieries, which were carried on for many years by the Nesham family, from whom they were purchased in 1819 by the Earl of Durham. |
 | | The Margaret pit, working the Maudlin seam, at a depth of 115 fathoms, and 4 feet 6 inches in thickness, with an output of 700 tons per day of gas-coal, gives employment to 590 men and boys. |
 | | Poulter, Henry, 12 Feb 1906, aged 31, Machine Attendant, He was caught and severely injured by the bar of a coal-cutting machine, with which and its hauling rope he, by some means, became entangled. |
| www.dmm.org.uk /colliery/m030.htm (2393 words) |
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