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Hollin Hall Colliery |
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Hollin Hall Colliery |
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Hollin Hall Colliery
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Fir Tree, Crook
10 miles [16 km] WSW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ138344, 54° 42' 16" N, 1° 47' 9" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1940's - Crossley Sanitary Pipes Ltd. |
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1960's - Fellwall Coal Co. |
| Output: |
1948 - Coal: Household, Steam. Mainly a clay mine. Fireclay. Clay. |
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1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. Mainly fireclay. Fireclay. Clay. |
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1955 - Coal: Steam. Shale. Fireclay. |
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1960 - Coal: Steam. Shale. Fireclay. |
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1961 - Coal: Steam. Shale. Fireclay. |
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1964 - Coal: Steam. Shale. Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
1948 - 29 (22 below, 7 surface) |
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1950 - 38 (31 below, 7 surface) |
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1955 - 30 (27 below, 3 surface) |
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1960 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface) |
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1961 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface) |
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1964 - 24 (18 below, 6 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1948 - Marshall Green [Mainly a clay mine] |
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1950 - Marshall Green |
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1955 - Marshall Green |
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1960 - Marshall Green |
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1961 - Marshall Green |
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1964 - Marshall Green |
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!
| | | | |  | | Armstrong, John Edward, 06 Jul 1951, aged 55, he was found lying unconscious about a yard from the haulage rope which had been pulling tubs up the drift, it was thought that the socket at the front of the first tub had caught under the flat sheet, dragging it from its bed, and caused it to jam against a roller. One of the guiding drums was dislodged, and one of the stands holding the drums had been thrown 104 feet away. Armstrong has either been hit by the rope or one of the drums. He died in Bishop auckland General Hospital |
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1 name found |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hollin Hall Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hollin Hall Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Contributions by members of the Public
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