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Rumby Hill Colliery |
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Rumby Hill Colliery
| Location: |
Crook (Hunwick)
8½ miles [14 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ164344, 54° 42' 17" N, 1° 44' 42" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1900's - Walter Scott |
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1910's - J. H. Brackenby |
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1930's - J. E. Barker |
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1930's - Rumby Hill Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1921 - Coal: Household. |
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1923 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. |
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1924 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1925 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1927 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1929 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1934 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
1914 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) |
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1921 - 29 (23 below, 6 surface) |
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1923 - 26 (21 below, 5 surface) |
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1924 - 29 (23 below, 6 surface) |
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1925 - 30 (23 below, 7 surface) |
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1927 - 34 (23 below, 11 surface) |
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1929 - 32 (21 below, 11 surface) |
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1930 - 15 (9 below, 6 surface) |
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1934 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) [Discontinued 4/34] |
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1940 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface) |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Ballarat |
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1921 - Busty, Top Main |
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1923 - Busty, Top Main |
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1924 - Busty |
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1925 - Busty |
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1927 - Busty, Top Main |
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1929 - Busty, Top Main |
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1930 - Main, Top Main |
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1934 - Busty [Discontinued 4/34] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rumby Hill Colliery |
| Notes: |
1915 - Ballarat, Yard seams abandoned |
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1930, 31 Mar - River Green seam abandoned |
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1944, Feb - Busty, Five Quarter seams abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rumby Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rumby Hill Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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.
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1929 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.
- 1934 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.
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