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Mount Moor Colliery
also known as Springwell (Vale Pit) , Vale Pit
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| Location: | Springwell 4 miles [7 km] SSE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ279577, 54° 54' 47" N, 1° 33' 53" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | bef. 1826 |
| Closed: | May 1931 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Mount Moor Colliery |
| Owners: | 1850's - John Bowes & Co. (Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer) |
| 1860's - Marley Hill Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1914 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
| Employment: | 1854 - 0 [Working] |
| 1914 - 1,678 (1,329 below, 349 surface) [Springwell & Vale combined] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Hutton, Low Main, Main |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Mount Moor Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1928, 21 Dec - Little Limestone seam abandoned |
1933, 15 Nov - Metal, Main, Maudlin, Low Main, Hutton seams abandoned |
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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!
Fatherley, John, 30 Jul 1925, aged 16, Driver, crushed between a tub and a prop | ||||||
Golightly, James, 14 Mar 1922, (accident: 27 Jan 1922), aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mount Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mount Moor 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
- 1869 List of Mines
- 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
Pictures:
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Blackfell Colliery |
| External sites | |
 | Bowes Railway Centre |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Mount Moor Colliery
