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South Shildon Colliery
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| Location: | Shildon 11 miles [18 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ233253, 54° 37' 20" N, 1° 38' 21" W |
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: | 1929 |
| Closed: | Aug 1958 |
| Owners: | 1929 - South Shildon Coal Co. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1929 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. |
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |
| 1934 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1958 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1929 - 22 (15 below, 7 surface) |
| 1930 - 33 (24 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1934 - 51 (35 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1940 - 43 (35 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1945 - 39 (28 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1950 - 100 (79 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1954 - 85 (67 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1955 - 85 (67 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1958 - 87 (74 below, 13 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
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| Seams Worked: | 1929 - Bottom Busty |
| 1930 - Bottom Busty | |
| 1934 - Busty | |
| 1940 - Bottom Busty, Harvey | |
| 1950 - Bottom Busty, Top Busty | |
| 1954 - Busty | |
| 1955 - Busty | |
| 1958 - Busty |
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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!
 | Taylor, John Ranson, 01 Mar 1958, (accident: 28 Feb 1958), aged 59, Deputy, he suffered multiple injuries in an underground accident and died the following day in Bishop Auckland General Hospital | |||||
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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 South Shildon Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to South Shildon Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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.
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for South Shildon Colliery
