Treeton Colliery

Treeton Colliery was a

, England.

Work on the sinking of Treeton Colliery commenced, with all due ceremony, in October 1875. Trade, at the time, was in a poor state and the company was short of capital so work was suspended three years later not being resumed until March, 1882.

The colliery was owned by the Rother Vale Collieries Limited which was founded in the same year, bringing together the new workings with collieries at Fence and Orgreave. This became part of the United Steel Companies Limited following the end of World War I.

From its beginnings until 1965 Treeton worked the

which had fallen into disuse in 1947. This came on stream in 1972 and lasted until the colliery closed on 7 December 1990. These two seams produced house coal.

Rail connections

The colliery was situated adjacent to the

in 1927.

References

• Paperwork of the Rother Vale Colliery Co.,
• "Coal News", newspaper of the National Coal Board.

53°23′06″N 1°20′42″W / 53.385°N 1.345°W / 53.385; -1.345