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Featherstone Colliery |
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Featherstone Colliery |
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Featherstone Colliery
| Location: |
Coanwood
8½ miles [13 km] NNW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY685594, 54° 55' 42" N, 2° 29' 30" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Pits: |
No. 1 Pit, closed: Nov 1934 |
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No. 2 Pit, closed: Sep 1935 |
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No. 3 Pit |
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No. 4 Pit |
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No. 5 Pit |
| Owners: |
1890's - Thompson & Sons |
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1930's - Tallentyre, Armstrong, Walton & Hudspith |
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1940's - Tallentyre, Armstrong, Todd & Dickinson |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal. |
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1890 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal: Steam. |
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1902 - Coal: Steam. |
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1927 - Coal: Household. |
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1929 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - Coal: Household. |
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1930 - No. 2 - Coal: Household. |
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1934 - Coal: Household. |
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1934 - No. 2 - Coal: Household. |
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1940 - No. 5 - Coal: Household. (1,300 tons) |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
| 1896 | | 305 |   | 260 | 45 |
| 1902 | | 132 |   | 106 | 26 |
| 1927 | | 6 |   | 5 | 1 |
| 1929 | | 12 |   | 10 | 2 |
| 1930 | | 12 |   | 10 | 2 |
| 1930 | No. 2 | 4 |   | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 16 |   | 13 | 3 |
| 1934 | | Abandoned 11/34 |
| 1934 | No. 2 | 8 |   | 6 | 2 |
| Total | 8 |   | 6 | 2 |
| 1940 | No. 5 | 8 |   | 6 | 2 |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1927 - Five Quarter |
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1929 - Five Quarter |
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1930 - Five Quarter, High Main |
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1930 - No. 2 - High Main |
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1934 - Five Quarter [Abandoned 11/34] |
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1934 - No. 2 - High Main |
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1940 - No. 5 - Five Quarter |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Featherstone Colliery |
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1900 - Abandoned - Partially exhausted. Not convenient to work the remainder at present |
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1905 - Five Quarter seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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1935, 16 Sep - High Main or Coam Roof seam abandoned |
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1936, 30 Jun - Five Quarter (Slag) seam abandoned |
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1944, Mar - Five Quarter seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Bell, Anthony, 25 Aug 1903, aged 44, Engineman, crushed by tubs [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Sharp, Robert, 15 Mar 1889, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal |
| | | | | | | Simms, Robert, 26 Sep 1885, aged 55, Labourer, excavating earthwork; a portion fell and knocked him down, his head falling on a rail |
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3 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Featherstone Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Featherstone Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 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.
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
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