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Bowes Hill Colliery
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| Location: | Butterknowle 14½ miles [23 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ112256, 54° 37' 31" N, 1° 49' 35" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 31 Nov 1929 |
| Owners: | 1900s - Butterknowle Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| 1910s - W. E. & J. W. Brown | |
| 1920s - Joseph Stephenson | |
| 1920s - Stephenson & Lowson | |
| 1920s - Bowes Hill Colliery Co., per Theo. Dixon Junr. | |
| Output: | 1900 - Coal: Steam. |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1921 - Coal. | |
| 1923 - Coal. | |
| 1924 - Coal. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Gas. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1900 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface) |
| 1902 - 26 (18 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1921 - 15 (14 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1923 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1924 - 2 | |
| 1925 - 5 | |
| 1927 - 4 | |
| 1929 - 2 [Abandoned 31/11/29] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1921 - Hutton |
| 1923 - Hutton | |
| 1925 - Hutton | |
| 1929 - Bastard [Abandoned 31/11/29] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bowes Hill Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1903 - Hutton seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
1920 - Hutton seam abandoned |
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1929, 30 Nov - Hutton 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 Bowes Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bowes Hill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 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
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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Related Links:
| External sites | |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
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