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Job's Hill Colliery
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| Location: | Crook 7½ miles [12 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ174354, 54° 42' 49" N, 1° 43' 46" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Pits: | Shaft details for Job's Hill Colliery |
| Owners: | 1850's - Joseph Pease, Joseph Whitwell Pease, & Joseph Pease & Co. |
| 1860's - Joseph Pease & Partners | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Notes: | 1838 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Jobs Hill, near Crook, Peases West Collieries. |
1845, Aug 23 - On Saturday, upwards of forty workmen, belonging to Job’s Hill colliery, were regaled with an excellent supper, at the house of Mr. George Linton, the Horse Shoe Inn, Crook, provided by their worthy masters, Messrs. Coulthard, of Gateshead, on the completion of their contract for sinking the above colliery, which has been carried down to the depth of 65 fathoms within a short period, without the slightest accident. Great credit is due to the workmen as well as masters for their steady conduct and good behaviour during the time they have been so employed. |
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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!
Collinson, William, 23 Jun 1862, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Gallighar, John, 26 Feb 1864, aged 25, Hewer, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Hall, Michael, 28 Jan 1858, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs | ||||||
 |  | Harwood, John, 04 Apr 1859, Number Taker, boiler explosion [More information ...] | ||||
Henry, Edward, 27 Sep 1862, aged 35, Hewer, knocked down by a horse | ||||||
Patterson, William, 24 Jul 1865, aged 53, Shifter, struck his head against a nail | ||||||
Peart, John, 24 Oct 1873, aged 13, Driver, fell off tubs and was dragged by them | ||||||
Sherwood, Herbert, 04 Apr 1858, aged 25, Hewer, fall of stone and coal | ||||||
Soulsby, Joseph, 01 Apr 1866, Rope Guider, crushed between rope and drum | ||||||
Wade, George, 08 Oct 1860, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal | ||||||
Watson, James, 01 Jul 1864, aged 25, Hewer, fall of stone while drawing timber | ||||||
| 11 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.
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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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 Job's Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Job's Hill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1862 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1865 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1866 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Durham Chronicle
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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