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Sunniside Colliery
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| Location: | Tow Law 8 miles [13 km] WSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ146394, 54° 44' 57" N, 1° 46' 23" W |
| Maps: |  1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| Opened: | 1867 |
| Closed: | 11 Apr 1925 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Sunniside Colliery |
| Owners: | 1880's - Joseph Pease & Partners |
| 1900's - Consett Iron Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920's - T. Spence & Partners | |
| 1924 - Sunniside Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 312 (274 below, 38 surface) |
| 1902 - 0 [Not Working] | |
| 1923 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1924 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1925 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) [Abandoned 11/04/25] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1923 - Hutton |
| 1924 - Hutton | |
| 1925 - Hutton [Abandoned 11/04/25] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Sunniside 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!
Crozier, George, 14 Sep 1885, aged 13, Driver, crushed between tub top and roof while getting on to a set | ||||||
Forster, Joseph, 15 Jul 1887, aged 13, Helper Up, head crushed between tub and a prop by tubs joining | ||||||
Forster, Robert, 08 Sep 1888, aged 42, Hewer, crushed to death by a fall of stone from a slip in the roof | ||||||
 | Halliday, William, 26 Dec 1881, (accident: 25 Dec 1881), aged 38, he went to put the water wheel in working order; not returning at his usual time, a search was made, and he was found lying at the bottom of the wheel with his head cut and his face badly bruised; he died on Boxing Day | |||||
Hartshorn, Thomas, 30 Dec 1892, (accident: 23 Dec 1892, 10:30 a.m., 8th hour of shift), aged 30, Deputy, Severely crushed by being caught on engine plane by the set. He missed the refuge hole. Died on 30th December. | ||||||
Lowes, Robert, 09 May 1883, aged 41, Rolleywayman, crushed between a wheel at a curve and the rope while oiling it; the engine started, when he became entangled | ||||||
Martin, Henry, 31 Dec 1872, aged 44, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Pinkney, Joseph, 22 Sep 1885, (accident: 07 Jul 1885), aged 56, Horse Keeper, injury to foot while getting out of cage | ||||||
Robinson, Cuthbert, 08 Oct 1894, 3:20 a.m., aged 75, Shifter, Died suddenly in the pit while at work [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
| 9 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.
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 Sunniside Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sunniside Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 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.
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 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
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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.
- Contributions by members of the Public
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Related Links:
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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
