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Abbots Close Colliery
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| Location: | Crook 9½ miles [15 km] WSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ139352, 54° 42' 41" N, 1° 47' 3" W |
| Maps: |  1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 02 Jun 1928 |
| Pits: | No. 1 |
| No. 2 | |
| No. 3 | |
| Shaft details for Abbots Close Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Thomas Wailes |
| 1890s - Wailes Brothers | |
| 1920s - Steels House Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920s - Steels House Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1927 - No. 1 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1927 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1929 - No. 1 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1930 - No. 1 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 126 |
| 1894 - 20 (16 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1896 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 38 (28 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1902 - 37 (28 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1905 - 35 (29 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1910 - 32 (27 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1915 - 27 (21 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1921 - 21 (17 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1923 - 42 (36 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1924 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1925 - 16 (11 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1927 - No. 1 - 14 (11 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1927 - No. 2 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) [Abandoned 29/1/27] | |
| 1929 - No. 1 - 0 [Closed 2/6/28] | |
| 1930 - No. 1 - 0 [Closed 2/6/28] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main Coal |
| 1910 - Harvey, Main Coal | |
| 1915 - Brockwell, Busty, Yard | |
| 1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Main Coal, Yard | |
| 1923 - Brockwell, Busty, Main Coal, Yard | |
| 1924 - Main Coal, Victoria | |
| 1925 - Main | |
| 1927 - No. 1 - Five Quarter | |
| 1927 - No. 2 - Five Quarter, Main Coal [Abandoned 29/1/27] | |
| 1929 - No. 1 - Five Quarter [Closed 2/6/28] | |
| 1930 - No. 1 - Five Quarter [Closed 2/6/28] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Abbots Close Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1892 - Ballarat seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
1915 - Yard seam abandoned |
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1928, 17 Sep - Main, Yard, Ballarat, Five Quarter seams abandoned |
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1932, 22 Sep - Five Quarter seam abandoned |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Abbots Close Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Abbots Close Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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