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Charles Spearman Carnes

(Born: 1859)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.

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14 Oct 1906  —  Witness at Wingate Grange Disaster Inquest


1881

Census

Address: Grange Buildings, Shotton

(Ref: RG11/4966/84/62)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
HORNSBY, George  72 Head Mar Mining Engineer  NBL: Longbenton
HORNSBY, Elizabeth  63 Wife Mar   NBL: North Shields
CARNES, Charles S.  22 Boarder Unn Mining Engineer  DUR: Coxhoe
WONDERS, Elizabeth  16 Servant General Servant Domestic  DUR: Bishop Auckland


1883

Managers Certificate

21 September 1883, Certificate Number: 1,824 (1st), District: Durham

First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)


1888

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Bowden Close   Pease & Partners Ltd.
Manager:   Roddymoor Drift   Pease & Partners Ltd.
Manager:   Whitelea Drift   Pease & Partners Ltd.


1890

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Bowden Close   Pease & Partners Ltd.
Manager:   Roddymoor Drift   Pease & Partners Ltd.
Manager:   Whitelea Drift   Pease & Partners Ltd.

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 524: - Carns, Charles Spearman, Viewer, Pease & Partners Ltd., Northgate, Darlington; Esh, Durham; (John George Crofton, viewer) collieries, Waterhouses, Durham; (John Thomas Todd, viewer) Adelaide, Auckland St. Andrew, Bishop Auckland; (Artur Stanley Douglas, viewer), Stanley, Darlington; Wool
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890

Page 524: Crook - Carns, Charles Spearman, Viewer, Roddymoor Colliery (Joseph Pease & Partners)
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 781: Hutton Henry - Carnes, Charles S., Colliery Agent, Rodridge House
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Murton, "East" & "West"   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cornwall House, Murton Colliery, Sunderland.


1902

Membership

1902-1903, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member


1907

Membership

1907-1908, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Marsden Hall, South Shields


1909

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Boldon   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Harton   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Saint Hilda   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.

Membership

1909-1910, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marsden Hall, South Shields.


1914

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Boldon No. 3   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Boldon Nos. 1 & 2   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Harton, Bensham   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Harton, New Hutton   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Saint Hilda   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Westoe   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn No. 1   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn No. 2   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.


1919

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Boldon   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Harton   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Saint Hilda   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Westoe   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.

Membership

1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marsden Hall, South Shields.


1921

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Boldon   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Boldon No. 1   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Boldon No. 2   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Harton   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Saint Hilda   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Westoe   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn No. 1   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Whitburn No. 2   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.


1922

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Marsden Quarry   Harton Coal Co. Ltd.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 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
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 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
  • 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXIV published in 1904
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIV published in 1908
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIX published in 1910

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