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Gunnerton Colliery |
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Gunnerton Colliery |
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Gunnerton Colliery
| Location: |
Chollerton
8 miles [13 km] NNW of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87, OL43) NY898767, 55° 5' 4" N, 2° 9' 35" W |
| Maps: |
 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
01 May 1934 |
| Pits: |
Gunnerton Pit, locn: (Sheet 87, OL43) NY898769, sinking: 1876 |
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Shaft details for Gunnerton Pit |
| Owners: |
1860's - Joseph Armstrong |
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1880's - R. & B. Armstrong |
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1890's - J. & B. Armstrong |
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1910's - Hunstanworth Mines Ltd. |
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1920's - Gunnerton Collieries Co. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal. |
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1888 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1890 - Coal (Landsale). |
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1896 - Coal: Household. |
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1902 - Coal: Household. |
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1914 - Coal: Household. |
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1921 - Coal: Household. |
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1923 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
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1924 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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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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1934 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface) |
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1902 - 15 (13 below, 2 surface) |
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1914 - 12 (11 below, 1 surface) |
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1921 - 0 [Abandoned] |
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1923 - 16 (12 below, 4 surface) |
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1924 - 21 (16 below, 5 surface) |
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1925 - 26 (20 below, 6 surface) |
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1927 - 21 (17 below, 4 surface) |
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1929 - 17 (13 below, 4 surface) |
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1930 - 18 (13 below, 5 surface) |
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1934 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) [Abandoned 4/34] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Limestone Coal |
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1921 - Limestone Coal [Abandoned] |
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1923 - Gunnerton |
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1924 - Gunnerton |
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1925 - Gunnerton |
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1927 - Gunnerton |
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1929 - Gunnerton |
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1930 - Gunnerton |
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1934 - Gunnerton [Abandoned 4/34] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gunnerton Colliery |
| Notes: |
1934, 01 May - Gunnerton seam abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gunnerton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gunnerton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1925 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.
- 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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