Plashetts Colliery

Location:

Plashetts
22½ miles [36 km] NW of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 80, OL42) NY682895, 55° 11' 55" N, 2° 29' 59" W

Maps:

1922 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

May 1935

Pits:

Air Shaft, locn: (Sheet 80, OL42) NY694905

Shaft details for Air Shaft

Doctor Drift

Shaft details for Plashetts Colliery

Owners:

1850's - Duke of Northumberland

1860's - J. F. Tone & Co.

1880's - C. U. Laws.

1890's - Plashetts Coal Co.

1940's - W. A. Nixon

Output:

1882 - Coal.

1890 - Coal.

1896 - Coal: Steam.

1902 - Coal: Steam.

1914 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1921 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1933 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Steam.

1955 - Coal: Steam.

1958 - Coal: Steam.

1960 - Coal: Steam.

1961 - Coal: Steam.

1964 - Coal: Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	59	43	16
1902	74	58	16
1914	126	104	22
1921	74	52	22
1930	13	8	5
1933	15	8	7
1945	8	5	3
1950	13	9	4
1955	16	10	6
1958	16	10	6
1960	16	10	6
1961	5	4	1
1964	5	4	1

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Plashetts (Limestone Coal)

1921 - Plashetts (Limestone Coal)

1930 - Plashetts

1933 - Plashetts

1950 - Plashetts

1955 - Plashetts

1958 - Plashetts

1960 - Plashetts

1961 - Plashetts

1964 - Plashetts

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Plashetts Colliery

Notes:

1935, 01 Jun - Plashetts seam 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!

						Beattie, Thomas, 29 May 1896, aged 15, Driver, He fell off the limmers, and was crushed between the tubs and the roadside [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Breckon, Thomas, 31 Aug 1870, aged 41, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone
						Cunningham, Robert, 01 Jul 1868, aged 12, Driver, run over by tubs
						Slater, Joseph, 1932, killed by black damp gas while inspecting some new workings [More information ...]
						Wylie, Alexander, 11 Mar 1904, aged 47, Hewer, Deceased was driving a place 5 feet wide (known as a skirting) along the side of pillar of coal in the Plashetts seam, and was found dead at the face by the putter with a mass of coal on him measuring 4 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet. The coal was relieved by undercutting to the extent of 2 feet 3 inches, and there was in addition an old break in the pillar. No sprags had been set, although there were loose sprags in the place. The deputy had visited the place three times that day before the accident. The Local Inspectors in their report, after reciting the facts, concluded "there being no blame attached to the management."

						5 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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Plashetts Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Plashetts Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report
1869 List of Mines
1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
1880 List of Mines
1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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
Contributions by members of the Public

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