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Fence Colliery For Sale
1861To be sold by private contract, with immediate possession, the Fence Colliery, at the Woodhouse Mill Station, on the Midland Railway.
The shafts are sunk down to and working the "High Hazel" seam of Coal, and the Colliery is at the present time capable of producing from 150 to 200 tons a day.
The Colliery is favourably situated, in close proximity to the Midland, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways, and in the immediate neighbourhood of Sheffield, and the manufacturing districts adjoining.
The celebrated "Thick" or " Barnsley" seam of Yorkshire exists under this property at a moderate depth, and a very favourable opportunity presents itself for the establishment of a Colliery above this seam at a comparatively small outlay. The whole of the Plant, Machinery, and Cottages, etc.., may be taken to.
Further particulars may be obtained from, and offers will be received by, Messrs. Ryland and Martineau, Solicitors, Birmingham; or Messrs. Woodhouse and Jeffcock, Civil and Mining Engineers, Derby.