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New Hartley Colliery
(See also Hartley Colliery)
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| Location: | New Hartley 9 miles [14 km] NNE of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ301771, 55° 5' 15" N, 1° 31' 42" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1932 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Hartley Main group and the railway links between them |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Closed: | Feb 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | May 1929 - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1930 - Coal: Steam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (125,000 tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCB Employment Figures
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1930 - High Main, Low Main, Yard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - High Main, Low Main, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 - Beaumont, Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 - Beaumont, Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Beaumont, Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Beaumont, Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for New Hartley Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1938, 16 Sep - Beaumont seam abandoned |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for New Hartley Colliery |
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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!
Chappell, William Frank, 11 Nov 1924, aged 29, crushed by a roof fall and was instantly killed, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Seghill | ||||||
Embleton, William, 13 Jan 1912, aged 60, Banksman, while cleaning the top of the cage it was moved, striking him on the head, Buried: Seghill Churchyard | ||||||
Orr, Hugh Joseph, 1930, [approximate date] | ||||||
 | Stephenson, James (Freddie), 18 Jun 1936, aged 42, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Horton | |||||
| 4 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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 New Hartley Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to New Hartley Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., 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
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Tombstone(s) in St. Mary's Churchyard, Horton
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Related Links:
None found
Further Research:
Research Notes for New Hartley Colliery
