Silverwood Colliery was situated between the Villages of Thrybergh and Ravenfield.

Silverwood Colliery was sunk between 1900 and 1905, the seam known as the Barnsley Seam reached a depth of 740 yards. This seam provided most of the output at Silverwood until the Melton field was developed in 1952.

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