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The paper will cover the interesting history and long-term development of Daw Mill Colliery (which lies 8 miles north-west of Coventry), starting at Kingsbury Colliery which was sunk in 1897 and the development of the satellite shaft at Dexter in 1927 and underground connections.

The Kingsbury Colliery workings by 1955 had extended inbye approximately 7 miles and therefore were causing ventilation problems, so following the decision to sink another satellite shaft, 3 miles to the south close to Daw Mill Cottage in the vicinity of Over Whitacre. Daw Mill Colliery commenced with shaft sinking starting in 1957.

Daw Mill worked exclusively in the Warwickshire Thick Seam which is an amalgamation of six separate seams that combine to form up to 7 metres of extractable coal.  During the late 1990s major underground development work took place to access new working reserves and procure totally new coalface and roadway development equipment in what would become 300’s panel of coalfaces.

The talk will take a brief look at the history of Daw Mill and the modern equipment which was purchased, along with the modern mining methods employed to enable Daw Mill Colliery to become the one of the most productive mines in Europe prior to its sad closure due to an underground fire in 2013. 

More info on the speaker can be found here (scroll down).

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Agenda -

18:00 Refreshments (tea/coffee/biscuits)
18:30 Presentation followed by Q+A
20:00 Close of event (approx.)

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