Tribley Pit

Location:

Chester-le-Street
6 miles [10 km] NNW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ239514, 54° 51' 24" N, 1° 37' 40" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1900's - Owners of Pelton Colliery Ltd.

Output:

1914 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas.

1923 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

1927 - Coal: Gas, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1914	278	235	43
1921	224	167	57
1923	179	121	58
1924	121	77	44
1925	89	62	27
1927	Abandoned 1927

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Five Quarter, Main Coal

1921 - Five Quarter, Main Coal, Shield Row

1923 - Five Quarter, Main Coal, Shield Row

1924 - Five Quarter, Main Coal

1925 - Five Quarter, Main

1927 - Five Quarter, Main [Abandoned 1927]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Tribley Pit

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 Tribley Pit

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Tribley Pit

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.



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