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Kepier Colliery
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| Location: | Durham 1 miles [2 km] ENE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ289429, 54° 46' 50" N, 1° 32' 57" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | bef. 1818 |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Engine Pit, opened: 1872 |
| Shaft details for Engine Pit |
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| Florence Pit, opened: 1872 | |
| Shaft details for Florence Pit |
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| Shaft details for Kepier Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1850's - Ralph Dixon |
| 1860's - John Thwaites | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Kepier Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1818 - A boring was put down below the Hutton Seam at Kepier Colliery ; nothing was found. |
1852 - Boring operations were in progress at Kepier Colliery to prove the Busty Seam. |
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1872 - No. 2 shaft, Florence Pit, Kepier Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam. |
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1876 - A boring by W. Coulson was put down below the thill of the Hutton Seam at the Kepier New Pit in the township of St. Giles, Durham, to prove the lower coals, but with disappointing results. |
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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!
Dobbison, William, 16 Jan 1871, aged 14, Putter, killed by a fall of roof | ||||||
Hird, John, 16 Sep 1870, (accident: 11 May 1870), aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Parkin, William Dixon, 02 Nov 1868, aged 53, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Scarth, Charles, 20 May 1867, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Scarth, William, 15 Jan 1868, aged 16, Putter, fall of stone; a putter who had exchanged work with the hewer | ||||||
 | Wilson, William, 03 Jan 1847, (accident: 01 Jan 1847), aged 21, died from injuries received | |||||
| 6 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.
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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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 12 Dec 1852 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kepier Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kepier 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
- 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
- 1873-4 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Pictures:
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Kepier Colliery |
