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Lands Colliery
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| Location: | Cockfield 14 miles [22 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ134250, 54° 37' 13" N, 1° 47' 29" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | 1879 |
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| Pits: | Engine Pit |
| Shaft details for Engine Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860's - Henry Stobart & Co. |
| 1890's - Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 0 [Standing] |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lands Colliery |
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Description
Coal is also extensively worked in this township [Evenwood], as will be seen by the following account of the several pits when in working order. The owners of Norwood colliery have two seams at work – the Brockwell, 5 ft. 6in., at the depth of 14 fathoms, which dips considerably to the north east, and the Busty, 4 feet thick, is worked by two drifts north and south. The annual output is 120,000 tons, and the number employed is over 200. Evenwood colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., have two pits working the Brockwell, 5 ft. 9 in., at the depth of 72 fathoms. Five Quarter from 1-9 to 3 feet at 58 fathoms, and the yard seam at 51 fathoms.
These seams are worked by a drift from Evenwood Colliery. The average output is 160,000 tons per annum, and the number employed is over 300. There are fifty coke ovens, but not in use at present. Storey Lodge Colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., working the Yard seam and the Five Quarter, 4 ft. 6 in. yielding an annual output of 80,000 tons, and employing 180 hands. Reiley Fell Colliery, by Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co. Here are the Busty, 3 ft. 8 in. to 4 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in. This pit is at present idle ; but there are 70 coke ovens, which are supplied from the Lands Colliery, which was sunk in 1879, and at which are worked the Harvey, 2 ft. 4 in., the Busty, 4 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in., employing 100 hands. At Morley Colliery, by Mr. Andrew Mein, is worked by a drift, the Main Coal seam, 5 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., yielding 30,000 tons per annum, and employing 40 men and boys. Pit Close is another small colliery, where Mr. George Lowson is working also the Main Coal seam.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
Richardson, Robert, 05 Jun 1891, 1:30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 27, Hewer, sudden fall of stone took place while taking coal off next to a fault slip in a broken jud, killing him on the spot [More information ...] | ||||||
Shaw, John, 08 Mar 1877, aged 13, Driver, while driving his set out-bye the limber crook came off and he fell before the tubs, which ran over him | ||||||
Trapwell, Francis James, 10 Aug 1899, aged 17, At Handwinch, He was struck on the forehead by the handle of a winch and fatally injured. | ||||||
Wear, John, 17 Dec 1858, aged 14, Horse Driver, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Wright, John, 07 Mar 1872, aged 13, Screener, crushed between waggons | ||||||
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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.
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!
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| 23 Nov 1850 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| 09 Feb 1852 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Pit heap |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lands Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lands Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Lands Colliery
