Carterthorne Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Further Research:

Sources:

	Carterthorne Colliery	Index	Carterthorne Colliery

Location:

Evenwood
12½ miles [20 km] SW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ145275, 54° 38' 32" N, 1° 46' 31" W

Opened:

Closed:

Apr 1927

Pits:

South Pit

Owners:

1860s - Henry Chaytor

1900s - Carterthorne Colliery Co. Ltd.

Output:

1855 - Coal.

1860 - Coal.

1873 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - Moor Hill Drift - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - South Busty Drift - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1921 - Windmill Drift - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1923 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1923 - Moor Hill Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1923 - South Busty Drift - Coal: Steam.

1923 - Windmill Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1924 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1924 - Moor Hill Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1924 - Windmill Drift - Coal: Coking, Household.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1927 - Brockwell Drift - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1880		Not Working
1882		Standing
1883		Standing
1902		142	113	29
1905		189	154	35
1910		86	66	20
1915		256	206	50
1921		267	208	59
1923		328	272	56
1924		274	218	56
1925		217	171	46
1927	Brockwell Drift	2		2
1927	Brockwell Drift	Abandoned 4/27

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Brockwell, Five Quarter, Victoria

1910 - Brockwell, Five Quarter (or Busty)

1915 - Brockwell - Brockwell

1915 - Busty - Busty

1915 - Marshall Green Drift - Marshall Green

1915 - Moorhill Drift - Brockwell

1915 - Victoria Drift - Victoria

1915 - Windmill Drift - Brockwell

1921 - Marshall Green, Victoria

1921 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell

1921 - Moor Hill Drift - Brockwell

1921 - South Busty Drift - Busty

1921 - Windmill Drift - Brockwell

1923 - Marshall Green

1923 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell

1923 - Moor Hill Drift - Brockwell

1923 - South Busty Drift - Five Quarter

1923 - Windmill Drift - Brockwell

1924 - Brockwell, Marshall Green

1924 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell

1924 - Moor Hill Drift - Brockwell

1924 - South Busty Drift - Five Quarter

1924 - Windmill Drift - Brockwell

1925 - Brockwell, Marshall Green

1927 - Brockwell Drift - Brockwell, Busty or Five Quarter [Abandoned 4/27]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Carterthorne Colliery

Notes:

1902 - Constantine seam abandoned - Mineral not being profitable to work.

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Carterthorne Colliery

None found.

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Carterthorne Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Carterthorne Colliery

1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), 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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
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
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 1869 (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

Bainbridge, John, 21 May 1905, aged 47, Miner, died from haemorrhage, due to perforation of a gastric ulcer into spleen [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Hargroves, John, 24 Oct 1870, (accident: 01 Oct 1870), aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Hope, George William, 15 Jan 1923, aged 21, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

McCan, James, 28 Mar 1876, aged 45, Collier, run over by engine set while going outbye

4 names found

Research Notes for Carterthorne Colliery

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