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Copeland House Colliery |
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Copeland House Colliery |
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Copeland House Colliery
| Location: |
nr. West Auckland
12½ miles [20 km] SSW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ164260, 54° 37' 43" N, 1° 44' 45" W |
| Maps: |
 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Jan 1948 |
| Owners: |
1940's - Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1929 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household. |
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1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1948 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1949 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1929 - 4 |
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1930 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface) |
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1934 - 0 [Discontinued 1/33] |
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1940 - 29 (23 below, 6 surface) |
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1945 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface) |
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1948 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) |
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1949 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) |
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1950 - 0 [Abandoned 1/48] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1929 - Harvey |
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1930 - Harvey |
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1934 - Harvey [Discontinued 1/33] |
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1948 - Harvey |
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1949 - Harvey |
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1950 - Harvey [Abandoned 1/48] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Copeland House Colliery |
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1948, Jan - Harvey 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 Copeland House Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Copeland House Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1929 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.
- 1934 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.
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, 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.
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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