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Bolton Colliery
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| Location: | Mealsgate 14½ miles [23 km] SW of Carlisle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 85) NY210421, 54° 46' 3" N, 3° 13' 41" W |
| Opened: | 1855 |
| Closed: | Oct 1897 |
| Owners: | 1850's - Addison and Co. |
| 1880s - Maryport Hematite Iron Co. | |
| 1880s - Joseph Faulder | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1880 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal. | |
| 1883 - Coal. | |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal. | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 14 (10 below, 4 surface) |
| 1896 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bolton Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1897, 26 Oct - Yard seam abandoned - Lease expired. Not sufficient coal left to warrant any further outlay on pumping machinery |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Gowenlock, William, 05 Nov 1824, Miner | ||||
| | Sandon, James, 28 Jun 1842, aged 31, explosion of gas from candle | ||||
| 2 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by
The West Cumbria Mines Research
and are marked with .
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 21 Jun 1854 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 01 Jul 1854 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 29 Aug 1854 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | fell down pit |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bolton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bolton Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
- 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.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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