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Broom Park Colliery

Location:	Bearpark 1½ miles [3 km] WSW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ249415, 54° 46' 5" N, 1° 36' 46" W
Maps:	1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1870
Pits:	Shaft details for Broom Park Colliery
Owners:	1870s - North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd.
Output:	1873 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing.
	1902 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
Employment:	1873 - 0 [Sinking]
	1880 - 0 [Standing]
	1882 - 0 [Standing]
	1883 - 0 [Standing]
	1884 - 0 [Standing]
	1888 - 0 [Standing]
	1894 - 638 (450 below, 188 surface)
	1896 - 348 (302 below, 46 surface)
	1900 - 240 (200 below, 40 surface)
	1902 - 265 (199 below, 66 surface)
	1905 - 819 (550 below, 269 surface) [Inc. Littleburn]
	1910 - 870 (647 below, 223 surface) [inc. Littleburn]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Hutton
	1910 - Hutton
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Broom Park Colliery
Notes:	1905 - Hutton seam abandoned - coal exhausted
	1935, 09 Jul - Low Main, Hutton, Busty seams abandoned

Description

Coal is worked in this township [Bearpark] at Broom Park Colliery and at Bearpark Colliery. At the former the workable seams are the Hutton 3 ft. 6 in., at a depth of 30 fathoms ; Harvey, 2 ft., 64 fathoms ; Busty, 5 ft. 6 in., 75 fathoms ; and the Brockwell, 3 ft. 2in., 94 fathoms. The Hutton produces a prize gas coal, and the other seams give excellent coking coal.

Broom is a scattered village about three miles to the west of Durham. Here is a chapel of ease dedicated to St. Katherine, and a few colliery houses have also been erected since the sinking of the colliery a short distance off.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham

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!

						Anderson, John, 18 Feb 1899, aged 14, Driver, Standing behind full set in landing, waiting of empty set coming in : the set came into full way and knocked full tubs away, and they caught and killed him. The points were found to be fastened for full way of landing. [More information ...]
						Collinson, William, 28 Apr 1899, (accident: 22 Apr 1899), aged 40, Stoneman, Left leg broken and foot and side crushed by a fall of side stone when he was staking down stone and coal for a landing. Died on 28th inst.
						Cummings, John, 25 Mar 1896, (accident: 24 Mar 1896), aged 55, Hewer, While lifting a tub on to the rails in the face of his place he sustained a rupture of the bowels and died the following day
						Graham, Arthur, 16 Jan 1893, 1:30 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 13, Screen Boy, He climbed over a rail fence on pit heap and fell on to truck way. Died a few hours after.
						Ord, George, 14 Jun 1875, aged 17, Onsetter, crushed by cage at the bottom, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Broom Park, cause: crushed by cage in shaft (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/297)
						Reed, Thomas, 29 Dec 1891, (accident: 26 Dec 1891, 8:40 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 39, Rolleywayman, broken leg and other injuries by cage coming down on to him while crossing the shaft in cage hole contrary to rules
						Young, William, 22 Nov 1900, aged 42, Hewer, Caught plank with his head when riding on full tub top, causing concussion of spine. Died same day.

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Broom Park Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Broom Park Colliery

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Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, 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), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, 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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks