	Camerton Colliery	Index	Camerton Colliery

Camerton Colliery

Location:	Camerton 8½ miles [14 km] NNE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY039308, 54° 39' 47" N, 3° 29' 24" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1860s - Cook & Co.
	1880s - R. S. Mutch
	1890s - J. R. Mutch
	1900s - Camerton Colliery & Brickworks Co.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1883 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1890 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1894 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1902 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Steam. Blue shale.
Employment:	1894 - 215 (190 below, 25 surface)
	1896 - 220 (190 below, 30 surface)
	1900 - 151 (115 below, 36 surface)
	1902 - 154 (107 below, 47 surface)
	1905 - 22 (19 below, 3 surface)
	1908 - 31 (28 below, 3 surface)
	1910 - 13 (10 below, 3 surface)
	1937 - 90 (50 below, 40 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Eighteen Inch, Little Main
	1910 - Eighteen Inch, Little Main
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Camerton Colliery
Notes:	1897, Feb - Eighteen Inch seam abandoned - Stopped on account of water. No available means of removing it
	1897, Jul - Lickbank Seam? (local), probably Three Quarters seam abandoned - Unremunerative, owing to thinness of seam
	1911 - Potash Mystery, Three Quarters, Little Main, Eighteen Inch, Lock Bank seams abandoned
	1930, 31 Jul - Upper Three Quarters, Lower Three Quarters, Yard seams abandoned
	1931, 19 Mar - Lickbank, Little Main, Fireclay seams abandoned
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Camerton 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!

						Clarke, Thomas, 25 Jan 1873, aged 19, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Cuthbertson, James, 25 Jul 1867, run over by rolley
						Irving, Joseph, 04 Nov 1868, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Peel, John, 11 Jun 1901, aged 65, found dead in the colliery; the deceased had been attended by a medical man, and was troubled with heart disease
						Scott, James, 07 Nov 1910, aged 50, Deputy, died suddenly whilst at work, address: Myrtle Grove, Seaton

						5 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Camerton Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Camerton Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1867 Mines Inspectors Report
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, 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
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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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 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