In that year, a railway line was built through the district, which connected Sheffield with Worksop, Retford, and Grimsby.

Within 20 years of the railway's opening, coal was being mined at many locations along the line and transported and sold to merchants in the Manchester area and in the port of Grimsby.

Passing through the High Hazels seam at just over 300 yards (270 m) this was opened up in 1900 because of its very good quality house coal.

The offices date from 1875 and their listing makes note of their unusual survival in the South Yorkshire Coalfield.

[6] Much of the former site to the south of the colliery offices was remediated and landscaped before opening as the Kiveton Community Woodland.

A fracture in a lamp was believed to have ignited a pocket of gas and caused the explosion in the Barnsley Seam.

ISSN 0141-4488 (This article also uses unpublished material researched for "East of Sheffield" from various sources including members of the Kiveton and Wales Local History Group).