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| Location: | Cliviger, Nr. Burnley 10½ miles [17 km] WSW of Bradford |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD884275, 53° 44' 37" N, 2° 10' 33" W |
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| Owners: | Cliviger Coal Co. |
| Cliviger Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. (12,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 55 (47 below, 8 surface) |
| 1896 - 41 (33 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1900 - 44 (33 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1905 - 55 (47 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1910 - 70 (60 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1915 - 41 (35 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1923 - 46 (40 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1933 - 42 (36 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1937 - 42 (36 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1940 - 45 (39 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1947 - 66 (49 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1954 - 108 (92 below, 16 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Arley |
| 1896 - Arley | |
| 1900 - Arley | |
| 1905 - Arley | |
| 1910 - Arley, Dandy | |
| 1915 - Arley, Dandy | |
| 1954 - Dandy | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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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!
 |  | Jackson, Thomas, 08 Feb 1927, aged 50, Miner, Crushed by fall of roof | ||||
| Johnson, James, 12 Feb 1908, aged 29, Dataller Jinny tenting, Clothes got entangled, drawn by the chain between wheel and frame. No one saw the accident | |||||
| Rhodes, John, 22 Aug 1884, (accident: 14 Aug 1884), aged 64, Miner, Roof, from a slip, died 22nd | |||||
| 3 names 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 ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Copy Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Copy Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 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
- 1933 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
- 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
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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