Eltringham Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Eltringham Colliery	Index	Eltringham Colliery

Location:

Prudhoe
9 miles [15 km] E of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88, OL42) NZ082630, 54° 57' 43" N, 1° 52' 18" W

Opened:

Closed:

Sinking Started:

1884

Pits:

Shaft details for Eltringham Colliery

Owners:

1860s - Messrs. Humble

1880s - Eltringham Colliery Co.

1900s - West Mickley Coal Co. Ltd.

1930s - Eltringham Coal Co.

Output:

1855 - Coal.

1860 - Coal.

1865 - Coal.

1882 - Coal. Fireclay.

1883 - Coal. Fireclay.

1888 - Coal. Fireclay.

1890 - Coal. Fireclay.

1894 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1896 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1900 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1924 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.

1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1929 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1930 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1935 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1940 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1948 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1948 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1949 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1950 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

1950 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1894		218	147	71
1896		226	151	75
1900		166	116	50
1902		319	248	71
1902		Eltringham and West Mickley combined
1924		Abandoned
1927		6	4	2
1929		6	5	1
1930		9	7	2
1935		13	9	4
1940		19	15	4
1945		10	7	3
1948		7	5	2
1948	No. 2	5	3	2
	Total	12	8	4
1949		6	5	1
1950		10	8	2

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1924 - Hodge, Tilley, Towneley, Yard [Abandoned]

1927 - Five Quarter

1929 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter

1930 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter

1935 - Brockwell, Six Quarter, Yard

1940 - Brockwell, Six Quarter, Yard

1948 - Five Quarter, Yard

1948 - No. 2 - Six Quarter, Yard

1949 - Yard

1950 - Five Quarter, Yard

1950 - No. 2 - Six Quarter, Yard

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Eltringham Colliery

Notes:

1899, 20 Nov - Cannel seam abandoned - Unremunerative through want of trade

1930, 20 Oct - Five Quarter and underlying Seggar Band seam abandoned

1945 - Six Quarter seam abandoned

1950 - Six Quarter seam discontinued

None found.

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Appleby, James, 12 Oct 1887, aged 42, Banksman, fell from cage in shaft

Charlton, George, 09 Oct 1890, 1:30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 40, Screener, jammed by tubs on an incline

Stevenson, Thomas, 04 Mar 1892, (accident: 25 May 1891, 11:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 50, Hewer, A new pony was startled at a cloth door, and, bolting through it, caught deceased, who was on the other side. Injured 25 May 1891 [Inquest attended]

3 names found

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 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
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 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