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Cragg Wood Quarry

Location:	Evenwood 14 miles [22 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ138245, 54° 36' 56" N, 1° 47' 9" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920's - R. Summerson and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Whinstone.
	1897 - Whinstone.
	1905 - Whinstone.
	1922 - Igneous rock.
Employment:	1896 - 7
	1897 - 8
	1905 - 9
	1922 - 10 (6 below, 4 surface)

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!

						Todd, John George, 08 Jul 1899, aged 24, Borer & Filler, Killed by a stone from a gelatine shot. A quarryman was charging a shot hole and was using a steel tool for a rammer, which caused a premature explosion.

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cragg Wood Quarry

Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Quarries
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian