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Tin Mill Colliery
also known as Blackhill Colliery , Consett Colliery , Mount Pleasant Colliery
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| Location: | Blackhill 12 miles [19 km] WNW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ106513, 54° 51' 24" N, 1° 50' 1" W |
| Opened: | bef. 1866 |
| Closed: | Aug 1910 |
| Owners: | 1860's - Consett Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1914 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 234 (197 below, 37 surface) |
| 1902 - 339 (289 below, 50 surface) | |
| 1914 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1921 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1923 - 0 [Not worked] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter |
| 1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter [Not Worked] | |
| 1923 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter [Not worked] |
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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!
Downey, James, 06 Aug 1910, aged 51, Hewer, He was working in a bord 6 yards wide, the coal being 3 feet 4 inches thick. Top stone was taken down to make tub height along the right side, the stone being stowed in the rest of the bord. When visited two and half hours before the accident the place was well timbered up and there were no loose props lying about the left side of the place. When found he was quite dead, with a stone 8 inches thick by 8 feet by 4½ feet lying upon him. Lying close to him were three loose props and his mell, from which it was apparent that he had knocked out the props in order to use his shovel more easily when stowing the stones | ||||||
Fleming, Joseph, 26 Sep 1883, aged 33, Hewer, fall of top stone from between two slips | ||||||
Gibbon, John, 15 Jun 1877, aged 41, Collier, explosion of powder - the pricker broke in the whole while withdrawing it, he drilled another whole close to it - either while stemming or lighting the shot went off, killing him on the spot ; there would be about seven pounds of powder in both shots | ||||||
Lumley, Francis, 26 Sep 1895, 4:20 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 22, Hewer, on removing a prop he caused a large fall of stone | ||||||
Peacock, John, 24 Dec 1874, aged 21, Miner, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Mount Pleasant coll., cause: crushed by fall of stone (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/186) | ||||||
Pugsley, John Thomas, 15 Dec 1898, aged 21, Hewer, he was hewing when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him [More information ...] | ||||||
Robson, Joseph, 07 Jul 1890, aged 49, Shifter, alleged to have received an accident by a tram load of timber getting off the way in the pit; on a post-mortem examination being made it was found he died from diseased lungs and heart [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
Stoker, John, 12 Sep 1894, 3:45 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 16, Driver, He got on to the wrong side of his set, and was crushed to death between tub and wall [More information ...] | ||||||
Thompson, James, 04 Dec 1894, 8:15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 28, Hewer, Fall of stone from between two slips | ||||||
Wears, John William, 01 Nov 1900, aged 32, Hewer, Killed by a fall of ramble stone 6½ inches thick. He was working contrary to orders at a piece of coal intended to be left to support a water level. [More information ...] | ||||||
Young, George, 15 Apr 1885, aged 58, Shifter, died from natural causes while leaving his work; air good; on main in-take | ||||||
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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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 13 Oct 1856 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 12 Feb 1861 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone |
| 25 Oct 1861 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | in shaft |
| 10 Nov 1862 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of coal |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tin Mill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tin Mill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 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)
- 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.
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), 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.
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 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.
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), 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
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 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.
- 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.
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Related Links:
| External sites | |
 | A description of the Consett Iron Works from 1892 - part of the GENUKI site for family historians |
