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Blackett Colliery

Location:

Haltwhistle
11 miles [17 km] N of Alston

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, 87) NY720638, 54° 58' 5" N, 2° 26' 15" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

Mar 1927

Owners:

1880s - Blackett Colliery Co.

1890s - Blackett Coal Co.

1900s - Blackett & South Tyne Collieries Ltd.

Output:

1883 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1890 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1896 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1900 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1902 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1905 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1910 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1915 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1921 - Coal: Gas, Household.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.

1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	307	249	58
1896	443	375	68
1900	389	336	53
1902	463	402	61
1905	456	396	60
1910	332	272	60
1915	381	323	58
1921	34	30	4
1923	31	28	3
1924	30	28	2
1925	30	28	2
1927	23	21	2
1927	Abandoned 3/27

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Little Limestone Coal

1910 - Little Limestone Coal

1915 - Little Limestone Coal

1921 - Little Limestone Coal

1923 - Little Limestone Coal

1924 - Little Limestone Coal

1925 - Little Limestone Coal

1927 - Little Limestone [Abandoned 3/27]

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Blackett Colliery

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!

						Bell, Thomas, 08 Oct 1912, (accident: 27 Sep 1912), aged 44, Hewer, strained himself
						Brown, Robert, 07 May 1923, aged 50, Hewer
						Forster, Frederick, 27 Nov 1895, 7:15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 22, Hewer, in a place which the deputy had twice during the shift passed as safe, the deceased was working, when some stone fell from "slips" in the roof and crushed him
						Hughes, James Joseph, 10 Jul 1953, (accident: 06 May 1953), aged 57, Filler, killed by a fall of coal
						Philipson, John, 20 Mar 1883, aged 42, Miner, fall of roof while; he was engaged filling a waggon at face of level a heavy fall suddenly took place, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Sparty Lea
						Robinson, J. William, 16 Feb 1897, aged 19, Stoneman, Fall of stone. The chargeman and the deceased had been working together, shot firing &c. when the former had to go and visit other men leaving Robinson to rid or clear the shots. Before leaving he examined the place. On his return he found a stone had fallen from "jacks" and "greasy partings" and caught the deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Teesdale, Harland, 24 Jul 1894, 12:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Shunter, Deceased was shunting waggons with a horse, and on trying to pass between the buffers when the waggons were too close, was caught and crushed [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Wilkinson, William, 31 Oct 1911, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Wilson, Thomas Henry, 27 Aug 1906, aged 54, Deputy, Deceased and his marrow were laying plates in a rolleyway when he complained of pain in the region of his heart. He rested and then recommenced work, but again feeling the pain prepared to go home, when he suddenly collapsed and died. There was no suggestion of any accident. An inquest was held, at which medical evidence was given that he had been attended for pleurisy and pericarditis, and that death was due to heart disease, and so the jury found.
						Wright, John P., 09 Sep 1909, (accident: 02 Sep 1909), aged 24, Joiner, found dead

						10 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with .

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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
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
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Headstone(s) in St. Peter's Churchard, Sparty Lea
Industrial Locomotives of Northumberland by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1983
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works