[nb 1] The seams generally dip towards the south and west and are affected by small faults.
The Upper Coal Measures are not worked in this part of the Manchester Coalfield.
[3] Chanters Colliery in Hindsford was sunk in 1854 by John Fletcher[4] in an area where coal had been mined for centuries from small shallow pits.
[5] Steam was supplied by three Lancashire boilers and the boilerhouse had a 122 foot tall chimney.
[5] Coal screens and a washery were built, and steel headgear and a new winding engine installed by 1904.