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Coanwood Colliery
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| Location: | Coanwood, Haltwhistle 8 miles [13 km] NNW of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY681590, 54° 55' 29" N, 2° 29' 52" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Wilson & Crawhall |
| 1880's - Coanwood Coal Co. | |
| 1930's - F. G. Herdman & Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1914 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1930 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 40 (12 below, 28 surface) |
| 1902 - 20 (15 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1914 - 39 (14 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1930 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Five Quarter |
| 1930 - Slag | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Coanwood Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1873 - Abandoned |
1892 - Herdley Bank Pit - Five Quarters seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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1894 - Herdley Bank Pit - Slag, Yard Seams - Workings drowned out by stoppage of pumps at adjoining colliery. Coal almost exhausted |
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1900 - Cannel seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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1910 - Yard seam abandoned |
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1913 - Coom Roof seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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1914 - Five Quarter seam abandoned |
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1918 - Yard seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Nixon, Thomas, 10 May 1894, 9:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 55, Hewer, Deceased and another man were engaged in driving a drift into the hill side, and had got about 8 yards in ; 6-inch baulks were set every 2 feet and polling driven in advance. They had got ready for another baulk, when the innermost one reeled out, and the place came in for about 4 yards from the face, burying the men. The weight of the loose ground above on the front end of the polling had evidently pressed the latter down, and so forced the baulk out [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Reay, William, 18 Feb 1867, aged 13, Putter, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Scott, Thomas, 26 May 1893, 4:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 22, Hewer, Deceased was hewing, and in doing so exposed a "back" which ran up into the roof, when the stone suddenly came away to a feather edge, and breaking a plank under it. The deputy was in the place at the time, but did not intend to set any more timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Storey, George, 02 Feb 1877, aged 16, Putter, fall of roof ; tub got off the way and knocked a prop out | ||||||
Thompson, W., 19 Mar 1872, aged 16, Driver, crushed between tubs | ||||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Coanwood Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Coanwood Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 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.
- 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
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