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Cwmgorse Colliery
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| Location: | Gwaun-cae-gurwen 11 miles [18 km] NNE of Swansea |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 160 Breacon Beacons) SN706109, 51° 46' 53" N, 3° 52' 34" W |
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| Owners: | Cwmgorse Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| North Amman Collieries Ltd. | |
| Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Anthracite. |
| 1896 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (72,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 19 (14 below, 5 surface) |
| 1896 - 16 (12 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 55 (35 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1923 - 351 (286 below, 65 surface) | |
| 1933 - 365 | |
| 1937 - 365 | |
| 1940 - 408 (337 below, 71 surface) | |
| 1947 - 346 (250 below, 96 surface) | |
| 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!
 |  | Thomas, Edward, 29 Jan 1926, (accident: 12 Jan 1926), aged 37, Collier, Caught by stone thrown back from top ripping when shot fired - head injuries. Died 29th | ||||
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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 Cwmgorse Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cwmgorse Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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