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Durham Main Colliery
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| Location: | Durham ½ miles [1 km] N of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ274434, 54° 47' 7" N, 1° 34' 25" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Closed: | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Durham Main Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1880's - J. Lishman & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900's - Framwellgate Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Hutton, Low Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Busty, Harvey [Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Durham Main Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1893 - Durham Main Colliery, Crook Hall Royalty, was sunk from the Hutton to the Busty Seam. |
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Description
At Durham Main Colliery, by Lishman & Co., are worked the "Hutton," 3 ft. 6 in. at 20 fathoms ; and the "Low Main" of 2 ft. 8 in. is worked from the same level as the Hutton but reached through by a hitch.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Brannen, Joseph, 01 Jun 1910, aged 41, Hewer, He was hewing in a broken lift in a seam having the following section :— Top coal 2 feet, band stone 1 foot, bottom coal 2 feet 4 inches. The custom is to kirve out the bottom section, block down the band and then fell the top coal which generally requires to be wedged down. He was wedging down band stone at the time of the accident, and had three jud props set. Two of these props were unfortunately right on slips running down through the seam. Without warning the top coal burst off and fell on to Brannen | ||||||
 | Carr, George, 21 Aug 1918, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
Mason, Thomas, 24 Aug 1885, aged 58, Shifter, took a fit while going inbye on the main road and died | ||||||
Patterson, George, 30 Nov 1888, aged 35, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber out of an old bord | ||||||
Proctor, John William, 26 Mar 1902, aged 46, Hewer, injured on June 4th last by a fall of band and coal ; he worked off and on afterwards, but died from heart disease | ||||||
 | | Purdon, Richard, 05 Nov 1907, aged 38, Stoneman, killed by a fall of coal [More information ...] | ||||
Richardson, Samuel, 03 Aug 1886, (accident: 14 May 1886), aged 46, Shifter, injury to head by a tram; he worked a week after and died from an abscess in the brain | ||||||
Smith, William, 11 Oct 1907, aged 48, Pumpman, fell down a ventilating staple after going beyond two fences | ||||||
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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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Durham Main Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Durham Main Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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