	Dean Moor Colliery	Index	Dean Moor Colliery

Dean Moor Colliery

Location:	Dean Moor 5½ miles [9 km] ENE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY053224, 54° 35' 16" N, 3° 27' 56" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Edge Pit
Owners:	1860s - Mrs. Percival
	1880s - George Greveson & Co.
	1880s - W. Summerson & Co.
	1890s - Dean Moor Colliery Co.
	1910s - Dean Moor Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output:	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal (Landsale).
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1884 - Coal (Landsale).
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).
	1894 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1902 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1940 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. (18,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 27 (20 below, 7 surface)
	1896 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - 67 (59 below, 8 surface)
	1902 - 45 (39 below, 6 surface)
	1905 - 23 (19 below, 4 surface)
	1910 - 33 (24 below, 9 surface)
	1915 - 78 (61 below, 17 surface)
	1921 - 63 (50 below, 13 surface)
	1925 - 76 (60 below, 16 surface)
	1930 - 63 (46 below, 17 surface)
	1940 - 60 (50 below, 10 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Anthony (Local)
	1910 - Anthony (Local)
	1915 - Anthony, Yard
	1921 - Anthony, No. 2, Yard
	1925 - Rough, Two Feet, Yard
	1930 - Rough, Two Feet, Yard
	1940 - Two Feet, Yard
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Dean Moor Colliery
Notes:	1900, Dec - Yard or No. 4 seam abandoned - Stopped in 1896. Unprofitable to work
	1931, 12 Nov - Rough seam abandoned
	1932, 18 Jun - Anthony or Two Feet, Yard seams abandoned

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!

						Banks, Jonothan, 12 Dec 1837, Roof Fall
						Foster, William, 13 Aug 1902, aged 29, Hewer, while hewing in a longwall working in the Anthony or Two Feet seam, a false bedded stone fell from the roof canting out two props which were set under the thin edge ; the stone was 9 feet long by 3½ feet wide with a thickness of 6 to 11 inches, and came away at a greasy parting when the deceased had taken out the supporting coal
						Hutchinson, Peter, 08 Jun 1912, aged 30, Miner, whilst working in a stone drift that had just reached the coal seam, an influx of water from old workings came away [More information ...]
						Short, Robert, 12 Jul 1936, aged 29, Hewer, struck on the head by a stone from the roof, the stone weighted about two cwts; his wife died a few hours after, leaving 5 daughters doubly orphaned, Buried: Lamplugh Churchyard
						Smith, Joseph, 06 Apr 1881, aged 15, Putter, killed by a fall of stone
						Stainton, William, 29 Nov 1861, aged 43, killed by a fall of roof
						Tear, Douglas, 24 Dec 1910, aged 14, Trailer, fall of stone at working place [More information ...]
						Tear, Thomas, 24 Dec 1910, aged 41, Hewer, fall of stone at working place [More information ...]
						Thompson, William, 10 Oct 1889, aged 50, Hewer, crushed by tubs

						9 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.

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Dean Moor Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dean Moor Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks