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  Barcus Close Colliery  Index  Barcus Close Colliery  
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Barcus Close Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: nr. Burnopfield
6½ miles [10 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ171578, 54° 54' 52" N, 1° 44' 0" W
Opened:
Closed: Apr 1966
Owners: 1910s - Barcus Close Coal Co. Ltd.
1960s - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1921 - Coal: Gas, Steam.
1925 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1930 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1935 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1953 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
1961 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
1965 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
192122166
1925856916
1930796118
1935633
1935Discontinued 5/35
194034295
195316714621
195521118526
196026323033
196126323033
196426021446
196522319033
NCB  NCB Employment Figures
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1921 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter
1925 - Brass Thill, Hutton
1930 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter, Hutton, Little Hutton
1935 - Hutton [Discontinued 5/35]
1953 - Three Quarter
1955 - Three Quarter
1960 - Brockwell, Victoria
1961 - Brockwell, Three Quarter, Victoria
1964 - Brockwell, Three Quarter, Victoria
1965 - Brockwell, Three Quarter, Victoria
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Barcus Close Colliery
Notes:

1931, 16 Oct - Five Quarter seam abandoned

1932, 17 Sep - Brass Thill seam abandoned

1933, 04 Nov - Little Hutton or Hutton Section seam abandoned

1944, Dec - Hutton, Section E seams abandoned



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barcus Close Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barcus Close Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.

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