This was the third of the three Snibston Colliery sites, opened in approximately 1850. It had two shafts, sunk to a depth of 240 yards.
Unfortunately, it was not overly successful, and this branch of Snibston Colliery closed just 45 years later in 1895.

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Location: Swannington, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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