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Elsdon Colliery
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| Location: | Elsdon, nr.Otterburn 18 miles [29 km] NNW of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 80) NY935933, 55° 14' 2" N, 2° 6' 8" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Pits: | Level |
| No. 1 Shaft, locn: (Sheet 80) NY933932 | |
| Shaft details for No. 1 Shaft |
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| No. 2 Shaft | |
| No. 3 Shaft | |
| Owners: | 1880s - Owners of Elsdon Colliery. |
| 1880s - G. Dowson | |
| 1890s - John F. Wake | |
| 1910s - Elsdon Colliery Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Household, Steam. Limestone. (5,000 tons) | |
| 1950 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1958 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1960 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1965 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1970 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1971 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1972 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface) |
| 1896 - 10 (6 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1902 - 9 (6 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1905 - 9 (6 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1910 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1915 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1921 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1925 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1930 - 0 [Abandoned] | |
| 1935 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1940 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1945 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1950 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1955 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1958 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1960 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1965 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1970 - 28 (20 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1971 - 25 (20 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1972 - 25 (20 below, 5 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Limestone Coal |
| 1910 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1915 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1921 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1925 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1930 - Limestone Coal [Abandoned] | |
| 1935 - Limestone | |
| 1940 - Elsdon | |
| 1950 - Elsdon | |
| 1955 - Elsdon | |
| 1958 - Elsdon | |
| 1960 - Elsdon | |
| 1970 - Elsdon | |
| 1971 - Elsdon | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Elsdon Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1930, 28 Aug - Limestone Series seam abandoned |
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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!
 | Hall, Matthew, 04 Jun 1957, aged 47, Coal Filler, killed by a fall of roof, residence: Crawford Crescent, Elsdon | |||||
| Storey, Michael, 15 Nov 1953, aged 26, Buried: St. Cuthbert, Elsdon | |||||
| 2 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.
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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elsdon Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Elsdon Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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