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Lower Varteg Colliery Company

The partnership of Thomas Deakin and Henry Jayne that began Lower Varteg Colliery near Varteg in 1898, employing 411 men in 1900, before it became the Varteg Deep Black Vein Collieries Limited in 1901.

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Lower Varteg Colliery Torfaen 1898–1901

Record created: 11 October 2026 · Last researched: 11 October 2026

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