Eltringham Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

Location:

Prudhoe
9 miles [15 km] E of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ082630, 54° 57' 43" N, 1° 52' 18" W

Opened:

Closed:

Sinking Started:

1884

Pits:

Shaft details for Eltringham Colliery

Owners:

1860's - Messrs. Humble

1880's - Eltringham Colliery Co.

1900's - West Mickley Coal Co. Ltd.

1930's - Eltringham Coal Co.

Output:

1882 - Coal. Fireclay.

1888 - Coal. Fireclay.

1890 - Coal. Fireclay.

1896 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1924 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.

1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1929 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1930 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1934 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1940 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1948 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1948 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1949 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1950 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1950 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1896		226	151	75
1902		319	248	71
1902		Eltringham & West Mickley combined
1924		Abandoned
1927		6	4	2
1929		6	5	1
1930		9	7	2
1934		14	10	4
1940		19	15	4
1945		10	7	3
1948		7	5	2
1948	No. 2	5	3	2
	Total	12	8	4
1949		6	5	1
1950		10	8	2

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1924 - Hodge, Tilley, Towneley, Yard [Abandoned]

1927 - Five Quarter

1929 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter

1930 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter

1934 - Brockwell, Six Quarter, Yard

1940 - Brockwell, Six Quarter, Yard

1948 - Five Quarter, Yard

1948 - No. 2 - Six Quarter, Yard

1949 - Yard

1950 - Five Quarter, Yard

1950 - No. 2 - Six Quarter, Yard

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Eltringham Colliery

Notes:

1899, 20 Nov - Cannel seam abandoned - Unremunerative through want of trade

1930, 20 Oct - Five Quarter and underlying Seggar Band seam abandoned

1945 - Six Quarter seam abandoned

1950 - Six Quarter seam discontinued

None found.

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

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.

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eltringham Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Eltringham Colliery

Appleby, James, 12 Oct 1887, aged 42, Banksman, fell from cage in shaft

Charlton, George, 09 Oct 1890, 1:30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 40, Screener, jammed by tubs on an incline

Stevenson, Thomas, 04 Mar 1892, (accident: 25 May 1891, 11:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 50, Hewer, A new pony was startled at a cloth door, and, bolting through it, caught deceased, who was on the other side. Injured 25 May 1891 [Inquest attended]

3 names found

1869 List of Mines
1880 List of Mines
1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
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.
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), 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
1902 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.
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1929 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.
1934 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.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1950 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



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