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Camerton Colliery
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| Location: | Camerton 8½ miles [14 km] NNE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89) NY039308, 54° 39' 47" N, 3° 29' 24" W |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Cook & Co. |
| 1880's - R. S. Mutch | |
| 1890's - J. R. Mutch | |
| 1900's - Camerton Colliery & Brickworks Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. Fireclay. |
| 1888 - Coal. Fireclay. | |
| 1890 - Coal. Fireclay. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 220 (190 below, 30 surface) |
| 1902 - 154 (107 below, 47 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Camerton Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1897, Feb - Eighteen Inch seam abandoned - Stopped on account of water. No available means of removing it |
1897, Jul - Lickbank Seam? (local), probably Three Quarters seam abandoned - Unremunerative, owing to thinness of seam |
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1911 - Potash Mystery, Three Quarters, Little Main, Eighteen Inch, Lock Bank seams abandoned |
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1930, 31 Jul - Upper Three Quarters, Lower Three Quarters, Yard seams abandoned |
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1931, 19 Mar - Lickbank, Little Main, Fireclay seams abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Camerton Colliery |
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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!
Clarke, Thomas, 25 Jan 1873, aged 19, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Cuthbertson, James, 25 Jul 1867, run over by rolley | ||||||
Irving, Joseph, 04 Nov 1868, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Peel, John, 11 Jun 1901, aged 65, found dead in the colliery; the deceased had been attended by a medical man, and was troubled with heart disease | ||||||
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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 Camerton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Camerton Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
- 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
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062)
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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