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Conyers Colliery

Location:	Dewsbury 6 miles [10 km] W of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE229219, 53° 41' 34" N, 1° 39' 10" W
Opened:	1878
Closed:	1908
Owners:	G. and T. Haigh
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 234 (213 below, 21 surface)
	1896 - 228 (200 below, 28 surface)
	1900 - 184 (160 below, 24 surface)
	1905 - 37 (29 below, 8 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Better Bed, Black Bed

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!

						Allerton, W., 07 Aug 1897, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof
						Lodge, T., 03 Feb 1899, aged 36, Deputy, Explosion whilst firing a shot of compressed powder by means of electric battery
						Metcalf, W. H., 04 Aug 1878, (accident: 27 Jul 1878), aged 16, Hurrier, Fall of roof ; died on 4th August
						Orange, W., 31 Mar 1881, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof
						Rhodes, George, 15 Apr 1875, Hurrier, Crushed by corves
						Speight, F., 21 Jan 1884, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, 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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department