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Dean Moor Colliery
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| Location: | Dean Moor 5½ miles [9 km] ENE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89, OL04) NY053224, 54° 35' 16" N, 3° 27' 56" W |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Mrs. Percival |
| 1880's - George Greveson & Co. | |
| 1880's - W. Summerson & Co. | |
| 1890's - Dean Moor Colliery Co. | |
| 1910's - Dean Moor Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1884 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1914 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. (18,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface) |
| 1902 - 45 (39 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1914 - 80 (65 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1921 - 63 (50 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1930 - 63 (46 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1940 - 60 (50 below, 10 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Yard |
| 1921 - Anthony, No. 2, Yard | |
| 1930 - Rough, Two Feet, Yard | |
| 1940 - Two Feet, Yard | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Dean Moor Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1900, Dec - Yard or No. 4 seam abandoned - Stopped in 1896. Unprofitable to work |
1931, 12 Nov - Rough seam abandoned |
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1932, 18 Jun - Anthony or Two Feet, Yard seams 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!
Foster, William, 13 Aug 1902, aged 29, Hewer, while hewing in a longwall working in the Anthony or Two Feet seam, a false bedded stone fell from the roof canting out two props which were set under the thin edge ; the stone was 9 feet long by 3½ feet wide with a thickness of 6 to 11 inches, and came away at a greasy parting when the deceased had taken out the supporting coal | ||||||
Hutchinson, Peter, 08 Jun 1912, aged 30, Miner, whilst working in a stone drift that had just reached the coal seam, an influx of water from old workings came away [More information ...] | ||||||
Smith, Joseph, 06 Apr 1881, aged 15, Putter, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Tear, Douglas, 24 Dec 1910, aged 14, Trailer, fall of stone at working place | ||||||
Tear, Thomas, 24 Dec 1910, aged 41, Hewer, fall of stone at working place | ||||||
| 6 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 Dean Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dean Moor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015)
- 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)
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
- 1921 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.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
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