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Quarry Drift
also known as Etherley Dene Colliery
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| Location: | nr. Bishop Auckland 9½ miles [15 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ205292, 54° 39' 27" N, 1° 40' 56" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Sep 1955 |
| Pits: | Hall Drift |
| Owners: | 1920's - R. Atherton |
| 1920's - Quarry Drift Collery Co. | |
| 1920's - Quarry Drift Collery Co. Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (9,307 tons) |
| 1949 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1951 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1952 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1953 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1947 - 51 (34 below, 17 surface) |
| 1949 - 45 (32 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1950 - 78 (60 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1951 - 81 (62 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1952 - 81 (62 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1953 - 75 (58 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1954 - 75 (58 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1955 - 75 (58 below, 17 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1949 - Main, Maudlin |
| 1950 - Five Quarter, Main, Maudlin, Three Quarter | |
| 1951 - Five Quarter, Three Quarter | |
| 1952 - Five Quarter, Three Quarter | |
| 1953 - Three Quarter | |
| 1954 - Five Quarter | |
| 1955 - Five Quarter | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Quarry Drift |
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| Notes: | 1850 - A working drift was driven out of Etherley Dene into the Main Coal Seam on 13 June. |
1856 - Etherley Dene (alias Dabble Ducks) Engine Pit was sunk. |
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1857 - Etherley Dene No. 2 shaft was sunk from the surface to the Main Coal. |
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1870 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Etherley Dene. |
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1901 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Etherley Dene for Col. S. A. Sadler. |
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1944 - Three Quarter, Five Quarter, Bandy seams abandoned |
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1950, Mar - Main seam discontinued |
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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!
 | Longstaff, John, 13 Feb 1857, aged 55, Sinker, He had been ascending the shaft on a semicircular cradle, measuring 6 foot by 8 foot, which was being drawn up by a rope suspended from a crab at the surface. The banksman was looking to see him come up, when the lights went out, and Longstaff fell into the water at the bottom. The master sinker went down to search for him, and a few minutes later returned with the body which he had recovered from 14 foot of water, Buried: St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Escomb on 15 Feb 1857 {NBI} | |||||
Shield, J. L., 27 Oct 1947, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| Stubbs, Robert, 18 Feb 1946, aged 61, Deputy, he was crushed to death by a set of 16 full tubs | |||||
| Tarran, Thomas, 05 Dec 1943, (accident: 12 Aug 1943), aged 59, Stoneman, died from the effects of a fall of stone [More information ...] | |||||
 | Wright, Joseph Edward, 28 Oct 1950, aged 18, Buried: Witton Park Cemetery | |||||
| 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.
For those names marked we have
a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page
for further details.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Quarry Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Quarry Drift
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Credits
Sources:
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 The 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
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, 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
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Tombstone(s) in Witton Park Cemetery
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Quarry Drift
