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Callerton Colliery
| Location: |
Callerton
6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ163697, 55° 1' 17" N, 1° 44' 42" W |
| Maps: |
 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
1827 |
| Closed: |
Dec 1948 |
| Pits: |
Engine Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ191698, sinking: 1827 |
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Shaft details for Engine Pit |
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Pawley Letch Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ182701, sinking: 06 May 1830 |
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Shaft details for Pawley Letch Pit |
| Owners: |
1860's - S. Forster |
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1880's - Executors of S. Forster & Co. |
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1890's - W. H. Poole |
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1940's - Callerton Colliery (Westerthorpe), Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
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1902 - Coal: Household. |
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1914 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (15,000 tons) |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface) |
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1902 - 19 (14 below, 5 surface) |
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1914 - 26 (21 below, 5 surface) |
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1930 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface) |
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1945 - 71 (50 below, 21 surface) |
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1947 - 64 (46 below, 18 surface) |
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1950 - 64 (45 below, 19 surface) [Abandoned 12/48] |
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1955 - 0 [Developing] |
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1960 - 105 (86 below, 19 surface) [Developing] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Main Coal |
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1930 - Stone |
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1950 - Three Quarter [Abandoned 12/48] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Callerton Colliery |
| Notes: |
1919 - Tilley, Stone, Main Coal seams abandoned |
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1936, 28 Nov - Tilley seam abandoned |
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1948, Dec - Three Quarter seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Callerton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Callerton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
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