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West Carterthorne Colliery |
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West Carterthorne Colliery |
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West Carterthorne Colliery
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Evenwood
12 miles [19 km] SW of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92) NZ141283, 54° 38' 58" N, 1° 46' 53" W |
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| Owners: |
1900's - West Carterthorne Coal Co. |
| Output: |
1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1914 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
1902 - 57 (49 below, 8 surface) |
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1914 - 78 (62 below, 16 surface) |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: |
1914 - Brockwell, Busty |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Carterthorne Colliery |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Richardson, Matthew, 30 Dec 1905, aged 47, Hewer, when working alone taking out the stook of a pillar he was completely buried and smothered by a fall of roof; as no one was working with him it was difficult to say what caused the fall, as, apparently, the place was carefully timbered |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Carterthorne Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to West Carterthorne Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
- 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
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