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Millfield Grange Colliery |
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Millfield Grange Colliery |
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Millfield Grange Colliery
| Location: |
Cockfield
14½ miles [23 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ119256, 54° 37' 31" N, 1° 48' 56" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
25 Feb 1911 |
| Owners: |
1890's - R. Summerson & Co. |
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1900's - Millfield Grange Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1888 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
1888 - 0 [Standing] |
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1890 - 0 [Standing] |
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1896 - 25 (20 below, 5 surface) |
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1902 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface) |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Millfield Grange Colliery |
| Notes: |
1911 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell) seams abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Blackett, John R., 15 Dec 1903, aged 16, Putter, when bringing out the last tub of his shift, it got off the way and displaced some timber and a quantity of soft blue stone fell and suffocated him |
| | | | | | | Cooper, James, 17 Oct 1892, 12:00 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 63, Deputy, fall of roof from a slip; he had undermined a prop while lowering way |
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2 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Millfield Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Millfield Grange Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Related Links:
| External sites |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Millfield Grange Colliery
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