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Castle Drift


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Leadgate
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1900s - Consett Iron Co. Ltd.
Output: 1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1902 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1905 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1910 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1915 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1921 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1925 - Coal: Manufacturing.
1930 - Coal: Household.
1950 - Castle & Hutton - Coal: Household.
Employment: 1900 - 11 (6 below, 5 surface)
1902 - 30 (26 below, 4 surface)
1905 - 35 (31 below, 4 surface)
1910 - 42
1921 - 0 [Not worked]
1930 - 0 [See Eden]
1945 - Castle & Hutton - 165 (160 below, 5 surface)
1950 - Castle & Hutton - 0 [inc. in Eden]
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1905 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter
1910 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter
1915 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter
1921 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter [Not Worked]
1925 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter [Incline from surface and coal drawn to the Eden Colliery Screens]
1930 - Brass Thill, Five Quarter
1950 - Castle & Hutton - Brass Thill, Five Quarter, Hutton, Little, Main


  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Johnson, James, 08 Feb 1859, Bank Boy, fell over pit heap in a coal tub

 
  1 name 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 image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
  • 1900 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
  • 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
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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