	Bolam Quarry (Whinstone)	Index	Bolam Quarry (Whinstone)

Bolam Quarry (Whinstone)

Location:	Heighington 13 miles [21 km] SSW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ190231, 54° 36' 9" N, 1° 42' 21" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - Ord & Maddison Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Whinstone.
	1897 - Whinstone.
	1905 - Bolam - Whinstone.
	1922 - Igneous rock.
Employment:	1896 - 7
	1897 - 9
	1905 - Bolam - 7
	1922 - 4

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!

						Bowes, John, 29 Dec 1897, aged 65, Manager, A charge of gelignite, put into a hole on the 15th inst., and which then failed to explode, near which deceased was drilling, exploded and blew him over the quarry face he fell a distance of 40 feet and died within two hours [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Quarries
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian