... for the location of clipsotone colliery There were various reasons why there was a colliery located in clipstone. One of the main reason was that because there was thousands of young men who had just came back from war who needed jobs and because they was in the army this means that they had lots of man power and thought mining was easy compared to being in the war. There were lots more reasons why the colliery was located in clipstone another major reason is that, underneath clipstone estate there was 6,000 acres of coal which means it could be mined for a long time which happened as it was open for 90 years. The coal was also very close to the surface of the clipstone which meant it would be quicker and cheaper to extract the coal from beneath the earth. More reasons are that there were rail links all ...

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