Museum
Friends of Durham Mining Museum
Events Calendar
e-Books and Books for sale
Photograph Gallery
Document Archive
Master Name Index
Discussion Forums
What's new in the site

Mining History
Colliery Index
Colliery Index
Shaft cross sections
Borings and Sinkings
List of Mines
Colliery Managers
Abandoned Seams
Colliery Maps
Company Overviews
Who's Who
Mineral Information
Managers Certificates
Educational Material
Bibliography
Statistics
Workers/Employee Lists
Notes for Family Historians

Disaster Reports
Names of those killed
Disasters in the 1700s
Disasters in the 1800s
Disasters in the 1900s
Memorials
Awards for Gallantry

Links to other sites of interest
Industrial Heritage Days Out
Former www.pitwork.net site

View our Guestbook

Index to site

Contact and address details


  Lintz Colliery  Index  Lintz Colliery  

Lintz Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: nr. Burnopfield
7½ miles [12 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ158561, 54° 53' 57" N, 1° 45' 13" W
Maps: 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened: 1855
Closed: Mar 1929
Pits: Anne Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ163561
  Shaft details for Anne Pit
Owners: 1855 - Messrs. McLean & Prior
1889 - John Shield Esq.
1890's - South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output: 1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
1896 - Anna - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1896 - Esther - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1902 - Anna - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1902 - Esther - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1902 - New - Coal: Coking, Gas.
1902 - Priestfield - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas. Fireclay.
1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas. Fireclay.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
1896Anna91838
1896Esther81738
Total17215616
1902Anna29020783
1902EstherStanding
1902New897712
1902PriestfieldStanding
Total37928495
191442936069
192145838969
  Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
Seams Worked: 1894 - Brockwell, Busty Bank, Main, Three Quarter
1914 - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton, Main Coal, Three Quarter, Tilley
1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton, Main Coal, Three Quarter, Tilley
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lintz Colliery
Notes:

1887, Aug - Main, Busty, Three Quarter, Brockwell seams abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description

Lintz colliery was first opened in 1855 by Messrs. McLean & Prior, and was continued by the former gentlemen till about 1885, when it was laid in. In 1889 it was reopened by John Shield, Esq., and is at present working the Main Coal seam, 3 feet 3 inches thick, at a depth of 20 fathoms ; the Busty Bank 8 feet thick, having a two feet band of excellent fire clay in the centre, this seam being 60 fathoms. The Three Quarter, 2 feet 8 inches, is met a depth of 67 fathoms ; and the Brockwell, 2 feet 9 inches, is 75 fathoms. Whilst sinking over the Forty Fathom dyke, which was by many engineers believed to be a "dipper,;" but which, as the present manager expected, turned out to be a "riser," coal was discovered. This dyke raises the seam to a considerable height from its proper level for about 200 yards, and the strata which intervenes under the "riser" contains three seams of coal. The coal in this neighbourhood is peculiarly well adapted for coking, as it is remarkably free from sulphur. This colliery is worked by two shafts, and has an annual output of about 83,700 tons, giving employment to 260 men and boys.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found


  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

      

Bell, William, 26 Jan 1869, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Blacklock, Thomas, 05 Sep 1877, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone from roof

      

Bradley, Patrick, 21 Feb 1923, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield {NBI}

     

Braidford, John J., 17 Jun 1881, aged 14, Screenman, knocked off screen into truck by a large piece of coal

      

Bryant, Jacob, 29 Dec 1872, aged 30, Hewer, fell part way down the shaft

      

Clark, Robert, 10 Jul 1874, (accident: 29 Jan 1874), aged 28, Hewer, fall of saggar clay band

      

Craig, George, 31 Oct 1924, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Emerson, Robert, 15 Dec 1875, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Fail, Robert, 30 Apr 1902, (accident: 28 Apr 1902), aged 33, Deputy, deceased was timbering at the face of a bord in the Brockwell seam, and had put up a plank with a middle prop under it, which, not being perpendicular, he knocked it out to re-set it, when a. stone fell from the roof upon him

      

Fenwick, Thomas, 16 Dec 1871, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

     

Gannon, John, 04 Dec 1913, aged 48, Hewer, deceased was working by himself driving a road, when he was killed by a fall of clay parting at the road side; from the evidence it appeared that deceased had tried to wedge the clay down, and had failed to do so; he then went underneath to hew a little more coal, when the clay fell; deceased should have reset the timber under the clay, Buried: Sacred Heart Churchyard, Byermoor

      

Garbut, George, 21 Mar 1883, aged 55, Rolleywayman, crushed by tubs

     

Graham, John, 29 Nov 1920, aged 19, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Hughes, Samuel, 30 Sep 1913, aged 14, Pony Driver, deceased had finished his shift and was proceeding home; instead of taking the shortest route, he trespassed in order to get a forbidden ride on a self-acting incline between Lintz and South Garesfield Collieries; he was seen riding on the buffer of a wagon by another boy, but there were no witnesses of the accident, which occurred near the top of the incline; his head was across the rail and he was dead when found; notices were posted prohibiting riding and walking on the incline, and deceased had been previously warned by the manager

     

Hutchinson, Joseph, 26 Jun 1914, (accident: 19 Feb 1914), aged 67, Shifter

      

Jones, George, Sep 1875, aged 12, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Lintz Colliery, cause: kicked by horse (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/395)

      

Logan, J., 16 Jan 1872, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

      

Lyman, Joseph, 27 Mar 1878, aged 41, Chockman, killed by a fall of stone

      

Murray, Thomas, 29 May 1903, (accident: 25 Feb 1903), aged 33, Hewer, Deceased was turning away a headways in the Bottom Busty seam and was only 6 feet in from the bord when a stone 6 feet by 3 feet 3 inches at extremes and a few inches thick fell from the roof, which is fireclay, canting a prop. Proper inspection was made by officials and loose timber was at hand. The Local Inspectors reported "that it was a pure accident."

      

O'Neil, James, 18 May 1905, (accident: 21 Feb 1905), aged 24, Hewer, Deceased stated he slipped and fell against a tub loaded with stones while pushing it in the pit on February 21st, but no evidence in confirmation of this was offered and he never mentioned it to any official at the time. He came from the pit on February 21st unwell, and vomited blood; he worked the next two days, and then worked no more. An inquest was held and medical evidence given that death was due to phthisis, and so the Jury found

      

O'Neil, Thomas, 09 Oct 1905, aged 29, Hewer, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Burnopfield {NBI} [More information ...]

      

O'Neill, James, 03 Aug 1868, aged 18, Hewer, by stythe

     

Riddell, Lancelot, 29 Nov 1920, aged 14, Buried: Tanfield Cemetery [More information ...]

      

Ridley, John, 07 Apr 1905, aged 42, Deputy [More information ...]

      

Swales, Thomas, 30 Apr 1912, aged 16, Bank bottom attendant, a set of five tubs came amain down an incline and caught deceased, fatally injuring him

     

Swinburne, John Thomas, 12 Feb 1912, aged 15, Driver, neglecting to put drags in the four tubs he was driving out-bye down a slight incline, the tubs got out of the pony's control; he was found underneath the first tub, which was upended, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Dipton

 
  26 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


The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date Inspectors Remarks
04 Aug 1864 11fall of stone

  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lintz Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lintz Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1868 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1869 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
  • 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
  • 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
  • 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
  • 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
  • 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
  • 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
  • 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
  • 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
  • 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 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
  • 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/39, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1914 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • Tombstone(s) in Tanfield Cemetery

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Related Links:

On this site
 Newspaper articles

Further Reading:

  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner

Further Research:

  Research Notes for Lintz Colliery


Mail:
Webmaster

Back

Home
Crown copyright material is reproduced under Class Licence Number C01W0000177
with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Copyright © 1999-2008 by The Durham Mining Museum and its contributors
Registered Charity No: 1110608
Page last updated: 30 Oct 2008


Search

Print