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Hatfield Colliery back when there was still a little bit of optimism for a future for British coal mining. Of course all hopes were dashed and all is closed in Yorkshire.

In summer 2015 Hatfield Colliery was precipitately shut down, with shaft filling commencing within days of the last shift being brought up. We knew that it was due to close in 2016 but this was the final insult. Nobody wanted to buy the coal they were mining at a price that was economic and so that was that. Thoresby Colliery followed a few days later.

A few days ago Hatfield Colliery was precipitately shut down, with shaft filling commencing within days of the last shift being brought up. We knew that it was due to close in 2016 but this was the final insult. Nobody wanted to buy the coal they were mining at a price that was economic and so that was that. Thoresby will follow at the end of this week.:-(

Hatfield Colliery is busy supplying coal to Drax power station with a contract for 45,000 tonnes per week. It is also planned to open a 900MW clean coal power plant adjacent to the pit. Information on new developments can be found here . When this photograph was taken, maintenance work was underway with one of the ropes slack on the nearer headgear.