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Rough Lea Colliery
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| Location: | Hunwick 7½ miles [12 km] SW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ193336, 54° 41' 50" N, 1° 42' 0" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinking Started: | Jun 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Rough Lea Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1858 - Henry Stobart & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880 - North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926 - Pease & Partners Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Ballarat, Constantine, Five Quarter, Harvey, Top Main | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Ballarat, Busty, Constantine, Five Quarter, Harvey, Top Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Ballarat, Busty, Constantine, Five Quarter, Top Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Ballarat, Busty, Constantine, Five Quarter, Top Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Ballarat, Busty, Constantine, Five Quarter, Top Main [Abandoned] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rough Lea Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1858 - Rough Lea Colliery, in the township of Hunwick, was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam. |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Rough Lea Colliery |
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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!
Blackburn, William, 06 Aug 1898, (accident: 28 May 1898), aged 59, Hewer, died to-day from an alleged strain when stepping off a canch in the pit on May 28th last | ||||||
Burdon, William, 11 Aug 1876, aged 42, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone while engaged in drawing out a jud | ||||||
Davison, John Dixon, 11 Apr 1917, aged 23, Hewer, fall of roof (inquest held 13 Apr 1917) | ||||||
Harrison, Robert, 16 Sep 1887, aged 17, Driver, fall of stone on tramway while driving his set inbye ; a prop had previously been drawn which caused the fall | ||||||
Hawkey, William Jackson, 24 Dec 1913, (accident: 22 Dec 1913), aged 40, Hewer, deceased was firing a shot by means of a squib; he set fire to the match and retired to a place of safety, but the shot did not explode; he waited the stipulated 10 minutes and then returned, but instead of withdrawing the squib and replacing it with a fresh one, he relighted it, with the result that the shot exploded at once; he was severely burned as well as injured by stones from the shot, and died two days later | ||||||
Heslop, William, 06 Oct 1859, Pony Driver, crushed against roof by tub drawn by pony | ||||||
Martin, Thomas, 23 Oct 1880, (accident: 13 Oct 1880), aged 38, Collier, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
 | Pratt, Joseph Sunter, 17 Aug 1918, aged 31, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
Pratt, Ralph, 24 Dec 1896, (accident: 26 Nov 1896), aged 41, Hewer, Back severely injured by a fall of stone from the roof of his working place. Died on December 24th | ||||||
Pyle, Joseph, 11 Dec 1901, aged 47, Hewer, died from spasms of heart while at work in mine | ||||||
Smith, Paul, 23 Aug 1887, aged 44, Blacksmith, caught by part of a set of tubs which had become uncoupled at bank top; they ran down and caught him before he could get into a refuge hole at bottom of bank | ||||||
Sproates, Thomas, 31 Jan 1866, aged 15, Screener, crushed by railway truck | ||||||
Thompson, Samuel, 11 Jun 1894, 11:45 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 30, Hewer, Died in his working place from heart disease. The ventilation was good [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
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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.
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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rough Lea Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rough Lea Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1866 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
- 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
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), 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
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a 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
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
- 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
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Pictures:
- Colliery picture provided by David Kitching from the John Ryan Collection (©)
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Rough Lea Colliery |
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Rough Lea Colliery
