Acklington Colliery

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	Acklington Colliery	Index	Acklington Colliery

Location:	Acklington 8½ miles [14 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NU241012, 55° 18' 18" N, 1° 37' 10" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Shaft details for Acklington Colliery
Owners:	1900s - Acklington Coal Co. Ltd.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1900 - Coal: Steam.
	1902 - Coal: Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1900 - 294 (237 below, 57 surface)
	1902 - 347 (288 below, 59 surface)
	1905 - 0 [Suspended Aug. 28th, 1903]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Albert, Duke, Princess, Queen [Suspended Aug. 28th, 1903]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Acklington Colliery
Notes:	1908 - Prince, Albert, Queen, Princess, Duke, Yard seams abandoned

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Copeland, Christopher Robertson, 06 Dec 1899, aged 31, Stone Tipper, Deceased after assisting to plumb the shaft, which was being deepened, was told to take a torch lamp on to the heap, but instead of going up the steps he unaccountably walked straight into the shaft, the fencing of which had not been replaced after they had finished the plumbing. The accident occurred at night but the place was well lighted [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Purvis, Robert, 24 Dec 1849, aged 13, Miner, suffocated by foul air

Rutherforth, Daniel, 07 Jul 1900, aged 68, Horsekeeper, The deceased was descending the shaft when he fell out of the cage. There was no evidence to show how the accident occurred, and it is probable he fainted or had a fit. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

3 names found

1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.