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Caphouse Colliery
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| Location: | Overton, nr. Wakefield 5½ miles [8 km] WSW of Wakefield |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE254165, 53° 38' 39" N, 1° 36' 57" W |
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| Sinking Started: | 1828 |
| Owners: | Denby Grange Collieries Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. (71,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1940 - 715 (550 below, 165 surface) |
| 1947 - 149 (122 below, 27 surface) | |
| 1954 - 188 (149 below, 39 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Beeston, Wheatley Lime |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
Caphouse, Overton, Nr. Wakefield: Probably established 1828; three shafts sunk 1870, including Caphouse shaft 146 yds. dp. now used for coal-winding (Hope Pit and Inman Shaft 215 yds. and 97 yds. dp. respectively used for services and ventilation); 230 men prod. 127,000 tons from Beeston seam.
NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967
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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!
 | Field, Wililam, 17 Nov 1914, aged 52, Collier, Whilst attempting to cross the full road of the endless rope haulage he was crushed against the solid side by a set of full tubs. If he had taken the trouble to look he could have seen the full tubs approaching, the speed of which was 1¼ miles an hour | |||||
| Jones, Thomas, 09 Aug 1909, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof. He was drawing timber, and was using a hammer instead of proper timber drawing appliances when he was fatally injured by a fall of roof | |||||
| Roberts, Lister, 13 Apr 1908, (accident: 21 Jan 1908), aged 60, Cartman, He had backed his cart into a coal shoot, but it did not get far enough back, so he moved his horse forward, and he stooped to pick some pieces of coal from behind the wheel, and whilst doing so the horse backed and caught the deceased's head between the boss of the cart wheel and a post supporting the shoot. Died 13th April | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Caphouse Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Caphouse Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1940 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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