Fir Tree Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Sources:

	Fir Tree Colliery	Index	Fir Tree Colliery

Location:

Harperley
10 miles [16 km] WSW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ134344, 54° 42' 16" N, 1° 47' 31" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1920s - Woodifield Coal Co.

1930s - Steels House Colliery Co. Ltd.

1930s - Fir Tree Coal Co. Ltd.

1940s - Bearpark Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.

Output:

1921 - Coal.

1923 - Coal: Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Steam.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Household.

1935 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1921	24	21	3
1923	75	67	8
1924	101	84	17
1925	58	46	12
1925	Closed 10/25
1927	5	3	2
1929	66	51	15
1930	81	65	16
1930	Fir Tree and Woodifield combined
1935	51	29	22
1940	28	24	4

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Five Quarter

1923 - Ballarat, Five Quarter, Main Coal, Victoria

1924 - Ballarat, Main Coal, Victoria

1925 - Ballarat, Main, Victoria [Closed 10/25]

1927 - Victoria

1929 - Victoria

1930 - Victoria

1935 - Victoria

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Fir Tree Colliery

Notes:

1929, 27 Apr - Yard, Ballarat, Five Quarter, Brockwell or Main seams abandoned

None found.

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fir Tree Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fir Tree Colliery

Goodwin, J. J., 31 Jul 1925, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Simpson, Thomas, 09 Aug 1921, aged 44, Hewer, broken back

2 names found

1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 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.