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What is a colliery?

What is a colliery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Britain) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
  2. (US) A facility that supplies coal.
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A rare colliery badge on the lamp, or a non-standard design can boost the value.
At its peak in 1911, the colliery employed 2,700 mineworkers, though only 250 of these were indigenous to Warsop Vale.
Last month the Doncaster-based firm said up to 40 miners at the colliery would have to lose their jobs in order for the pit to stay afloat.
A third of the work force, 163 men, have also been told they could face the chop at the colliery in Rotherham.
After the suspicious death of a miner at a disused colliery in Wales, the Doctor investigates the owner, Global Chemicals.
Stainforth is just one of the communities that will be dealt a body blow if Hatfield colliery shuts.

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