Back in time to the beginning
February 17 1838:
The owners of Radcliffe Colliery have succeeded in boring to a Seam of Coal between four and five feet in thickness, of excellent quality, about fifty-seven fathoms from the surface. The borings have been tried in the fire, and have produced an excellent hard black cinder. The improvements of the harbour, it is understood, will now proceed rapidly, and it expected that the Coquet will ere long, be not only a port for shipping coals, but also a refuge for vessels in time of danger.
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