	Edford Colliery	Index	Edford Colliery

Edford Colliery

Location:	Holcombe, Bath 4 miles [6 km] SSW of Radstock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 183 Yeovil and Frome) ST672489, 51° 14' 16" N, 2° 28' 12" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Edford Colliery Co., (H. J. Ridler)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 85 (66 below, 19 surface)
	1896 - 90 (68 below, 22 surface)
	1900 - 103 (83 below, 20 surface)
	1905 - 91 (71 below, 20 surface)
	1910 - 70 (55 below, 15 surface)
	1915 - 60 (40 below, 20 surface) [Closed down January, 1915]
Seams Worked:	1894 - Fern Rag, Perink, Main
	1896 - Fern Rag, Perink, Main
	1900 - Fern Rag, Main, Perink
	1905 - Fern, Main, Perrink, Rag
	1910 - Fern, Main, Perrink, Rag
	1915 - Fern, Main, Perrink, Rag [Closed down January, 1915]
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Ashman, William, 19 Mar 1878, Collier, Fall of roof
						Gilson, George, 13 Jan 1896, aged 28, Collier, A crush having occurred the second collar about 4½ feet back from the face was knocked over and the roof ran in like gravel and sand burying him. His body was recovered in about nine hours, life being extinct
						Moon, William, 23 Feb 1886, (accident: 22 Feb 1886), aged 16, Haulier, Killed by an explosion of firedamp. Died 23rd [More information ...]
						Obern, Jacob, 22 Feb 1886, aged 46, Haulier, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Raddock, Jonas, 06 May 1873, aged 43, Fireman, An end had filled with carbonic acid gas, and a danger signal was erected. In the meanwhile they commenced a windway to get at the face and sweep the blackdamp away ; but Raddock, who whished to get faster on with these operations, passed the danger signal and marched right into the very jaws of death, so anxious was he push on the new work
						Witcombe, Isaac, 09 Jul 1866, aged 29, Collier, Killed by heavy fall of stone

						6 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South-western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), South Western District by Thomas Cadman,, 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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website