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East Castle Colliery
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| Location: | Annfield Plain 9½ miles [15 km] NW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ151519, 54° 51' 42" N, 1° 45' 53" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Bainbridge, Kissop & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - C. Bainbridge & Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880's - East Castle Coal & Coke Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - East Pontop Coal Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1884 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter, Shield Row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter, Shield Row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for East Castle Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1917 - Shield Row, Five Quarter, Brass Thill seams abandoned |
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Description
East Castle Colliery, situated about one mile south of Dipton, was reopened in 1868, and is now worked by the East Pontop Coal Company, Lim., working the Shield Row, 7½ fathoms, 6 feet thick ; the Brass Thill and Five Quarter, at a depth of 30 fathoms, 5 feet 8 inches each, divided by a 2 feet band of blue shale. There are also 74 coke ovens, part of which only are in operation. The annual output amounts to 100,000 tons, and gives employment to 163 men any boys.
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!
Barron, Miles, 03 Dec 1881, aged 21, Waggonman, crushed by truck | ||||||
Coleman, Frederick, 1959, died by rubble falling and crushing him; left a widow and eight children [approximate date] | ||||||
Dent, George, 26 Dec 1894, 9:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 37, Waggonman, Deceased had hooked his horses on and got on the buffer, and then discovered that the hook had not got a good hold. He leaned forward to press against it with his hand to keep it in position, when it slipped off the crook, and he fell forward off the buffer in front of the waggon wheels [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Foster, Terence, 15 Jul 1912, aged 14, Pony Driver, deceased was sitting on limbers but had not started with his first full set, when some side stone came over and knocked two props from underneath baulks, which caused a fall of roof; he was killed instantly | ||||||
Gibson, William, 22 Jul 1880, aged 62, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Jackson, James, 30 Mar 1874, aged 47, Deputy, asphyxiated by carbonic acid gas | ||||||
Kilburn, Joseph, 18 Jun 1870, aged 28, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
 | McOwen, James, 11 Apr 1866, aged 27, was working at a judd when it came down on him and caused severe internal injuries; he only lived for 2 hours after the accident | |||||
Rudd, John, 26 Aug 1898, aged 41, Deputy, The deceased had been drawing timber out of an old place, and as he was preparing to take out the last prop a stone fell on him [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Stobbs, Henry, 05 May 1882, aged 66, Furnaceman, crushed by tubs on engine plane | ||||||
Taylor, Christopher, 18 Jul 1899, aged 31, Hewer, While the deceased was hewing, a large circular stone suddenly fell from a slippery parting, two or three props being canted out by the fall. The deputy considered the place safe when he left it a short time previously [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Leadgate | ||||||
Westlake, William, 28 May 1900, aged 68, Shifter, While deceased was engaged in removing one of four props from under a balk, a stone which he and his marrow had previously examined and considered safe fell from between two other balks. [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
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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.
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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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 24 Jun 1865 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of coal |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of East Castle Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to East Castle Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
- 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.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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
- 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.
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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