Diamond Pit

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Diamond Pit	Index	Diamond Pit

Location:	Butterknowle 15 miles [24 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ109255, 54° 37' 30" N, 1° 49' 49" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Shaft details for Diamond Pit
Owners:	1896 - Butterknowle Colliery Co. Ltd.
	1910s - Quarry Drift Colliery Co.
Output:	1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1902 - Diamond - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Diamond - Coal: Coking.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas.
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Persons employed in Salter Burn]
	1896 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface) [Sinking]
	1900 - 168 (120 below, 48 surface)
	1902 - Diamond - 161 (113 below, 48 surface)
	1910 - Diamond - 0 [Suspended]
	1915 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Diamond - Five Quarter
	1910 - Diamond - Five Quarter [Suspended]
	1915 - Hutton
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Diamond Pit
Notes:	1920 - Hutton seam abandoned

None found.

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Cook, James, 13 Feb 1901, aged 50, Hewer, he was walking in-bye to his work when he died from heart disease; ventilation was satisfactory

Haseltine, Jonas, 12 Aug 1904, aged 40, Shifter, fall of a large stone from a slippy back and joint in roof killed him

Patterson, James, 16 Jul 1905, aged 53, Screenman, found dead, natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

3 names found

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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, 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
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878