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  Camerton Colliery   Camerton Colliery  

Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for Camerton Colliery

Srce
Year
  Plan
No.
  Date
Received
   
NDON          CAMERTON 2
 
Parish: Camerton. COAL: Metal, Cannel. Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven. (Abandoned: 1829).
 
NDON          CAMERTON
 
Parish: Camerton. COAL: Probably Ten Quarter, Rattler. Plans held at: Allerdale Coal Co, Great Clifton, Workington. (Abandoned: 1841).
 
NDON          CAMERTON, Frances, Greengill, Sarah
 
Parish: Camerton. COAL: Ten Quarters, Metal. Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven. (Abandoned: 1844).
 
NDON          CAMERTON, High, Lower, Middle
 
Parish: Camerton. COAL: Cannel. Plans held at: T. Durham, Somerset House, Whitehaven. (Abandoned: 1844).
 
NDON          CAMERTON 1
 
Parish: Camerton. COAL: Main, Ten Quarters. Plans held at: Allerdale Coal Co., Great Clifton, Workington. (Abandoned: 1857).
 
1900       30 Jan 1901    Camerton
 
Post Town: Camerton. COAL: Eighteen Inch. (Abandoned: Feb 1897). Stopped on account of water. No available means of removing it
 
1900       30 Jan 1901    Camerton
 
Post Town: Camerton. COAL: Lickbank? (local), probably Three Quarters. (Abandoned: Jul 1897). Unremunerative, owing to thinness of seam
 
NDON    4,061       CAMERTON
 
Parishes: Camerton; Seaton. COAL: 18 Inch, Lickbank. (Abandoned: Jul 1897).
 
1911       1911    Camerton No. 2 Colliery
 
COAL, FIRECLAY AND SHALE: Potash Mystery, Three Quarters, Little Main, Eighteen Inch, Lock Bank.
 
NDON    5,638       CAMERTON No. 2
 
Parishes: Camerton; Seaton. COAL: Potash, Mystery, 3/4'S, Little Main, 18", Lickbank. (Abandoned: 18 Mar 1911).
 
1930    10,249    1930    CAMERTON, Nos. 1, 2; Wood
 
Parishes: Camerton; Seaton. COAL: Upper Three Quarters, Lower Three Quarters, Yard. (Abandoned: 31 Jul 1930).
 
1931    10,536    1931    CAMERTON, Nos. 1, 2; River; Wood (Including old workings)
 
Parishes: Camerton; Seaton. COAL, FIRECLAY & GANISTER: Lickbank, Little Main, Fireclay. (Abandoned: 19 Mar 1931).
 
1931    10,537    1931    CAMERTON, Nos. 1 ,2; River; Wood
 
Parishes: Camerton; Seaton. COAL & FIRECLAY: Little Main (about 1904), Brassey (about 1919), Yard, Eighteen Inch or Ganister.
 
1932    10,657    1932    LOWTHER; Camerton; Clifton (Westray)
 
Parishes: Great Clifton; Little Clifton; Ribton; Camerton. COAL: White Metal, Lickbank (1880), Fireclay (Best)(1883), Little Main (1887), Main, Ten Quarters, Ten Quarters (Ribton Area).
 
1937    11,967    1937    CAMERTON; Main Band Drifts
 
Parish: Camerton. No mineral proved. (Abandoned: 23 Dec 1936). Note :- The plan shows ancient workings deom an old shaft of Camerton Colliery
 

The plans of abandoned mines are held by the Coal Authority (http://www.coal.gov.uk/) at the following address: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG

Sources:

  • 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536)
  • 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237)
  • 1930 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-14), published June, 1931
  • 1931 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15), published April, 1932
  • 1932 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (41-44-15-32), published April, 1933
  • 1937 Supplement to the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines, published March, 1938
  • Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines

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