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Dryburn Grange Colliery
also known as Catorhouse Colliery
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| Location: | Durham 2 miles [3 km] NNW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ259451, 54° 48' 1" N, 1° 35' 47" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 07 Nov 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Dryburn Grange Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Earl Vane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1870's - Jacques, Stevenson & Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - Framwellgate Coal Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brass Thill, Busty, Hutton, Low Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Brass Thill, Busty, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Brass Thill, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Brass Thill, Harvey [Abandoned 7/11/24] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Dryburn Grange 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!
Cole, George, 10 Jun 1864, aged 54, Onsetter, crushed by descending cage [More information ...] | ||||||
Halliday, Solomon, 31 May 1863, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Hughes, James, 14 May 1866, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Trippet, John, 26 Aug 1876, aged 57, Collier, fall of coal while side cutting after it had been holed | ||||||
| 4 names found | ||||||
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.
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 Dryburn Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dryburn Grange Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1866 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 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.
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
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