	Arnghyll Colliery	Index	Arnghyll Colliery

Arnghyll Colliery

also known as Arn Gill Colliery

Location:

nr. Copley
16 miles [26 km] NNW of Richmond

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92, OL42) NZ083250, 54° 37' 12" N, 1° 52' 17" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1947

Closed:

05 May 1951

Pits:

Busty Drift, locn: (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ072243

Cowley Drift, locn: (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ067245

Owners:

1910s - Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd.

1920s - Arnghyll & Cowley Colliery Co.

1930s - West Pits Colliery Co., per Messrs. Waller & Hind

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1915 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1925 - Coal: Coking.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1934 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1935 - Coal: Coking.

1936 - Coal: Coking.

1948 - Coal: Coking.

1950 - Coal: Coking.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1921	Abandoned
1924	32	28	4
1924	inc. Cowley
1925	170	152	18
1925	inc. Cowley
1927	146	133	13
1927	inc. Cowley
1929	70	62	8
1929	inc. Cowley
1930	76	66	10
1930	inc. Cowley, Temporarily Closed
1933	Temp closed
1934	35	29	6
1934	inc. Cowley
1935	36	29	7
1935	inc. Cowley
1936	51	40	11
1936	inc. Cowley
1938	37	29	8
1938	inc. Cowley
1948	inc. in Duke of York Drift
1950	96	80	16

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1915 - Main Coal

1921 - Main Coal

1924 - Five Quarter, Marshall Green

1925 - Five Quarter, Marshall Green

1927 - Cowley, Five Quarter, Main Coal

1929 - Cowley

1930 - Cowley [Temporarily Closed 5/30]

1934 - Brockwell, Cowley

1935 - Cowley

1936 - Cowley

1948 - Cowley, Marshall Green

1950 - Cowley, Marshall Green

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Arnghyll Colliery

Notes:

1921 - Brockwell, Five Quarter or Busty, Top Busty or Ballarat seams abandoned

1931, 10 Jan - Main seam abandoned

1940 - Cowley seam abandoned

1951 - Busty or Five Quarter, Cowley or Marshall Green seams abandoned

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!

						Stubbs, William, 09 Aug 1912, aged 57, Stoneman, he was taking down top stone in a working 6 feet wide in order to put through a rise fault; the first 2 feet of stone had been taken down from the fault to the last plank, a distance of 4 feet; the master shifter was in the place 1½ hours before the accident, and told him to set some timber, but the deceased said he did not consider the roof needed any; on being told he must set it he commenced to prepare a place on the left side to set a prop; it was, however, apparently never set, and he kept on working till a fall of stone occurred; he was an experienced miner, but his want of judgment and neglect to set the roof support when ordered cost him his life

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Arnghyll Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Arnghyll Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department