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Ferrymoor Colliery
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| Location: | Grimethorpe, nr. Barnsley 4 miles [6 km] ENE of Barnsley |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE408086, 53° 34' 21" N, 1° 23' 1" W |
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| Sinking Started: | 1915-16 |
| Owners: | 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. (99,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1947 - 253 (211 below, 42 surface) |
| 1954 - 462 (398 below, 64 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Shafton |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
Ferrymoor, Grimethorpe, Nr. Barnsley: Sunk 1915/16, is 72 yds. dp.; operated pillar and stall system until 1965, now 100 per cent mechanised; 520 men prod. 163,000 tons from Shafton seam.
NCB Leaflet: Coal in Barnsley Area, published 1967
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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!
 | Herbert, Guy, 17 Apr 1924, (accident: 03 Apr 1924, 7 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 46, Deputy, Two shot-holes, A and B, in the face of a bank had each been charged with 6 ozs. of Dynobel No. 3, the hole A being near the centre of the seam and B 2 ft. away near the roof and almost immediately above A. Deceased attempted to fire shot A but it missed, and another hole, C, 15 ins. away from and level with A, was drilled, charged and fired. This having failed to dislodge the mis-fire shot, deceased fired the top shot B, after which he returned to the face to search for the mis-fire charge. He had just commenced to do so when a piece of coal fell from the face near the roof and simultaneously the charge exploded (probably fired by the coal which fell) and deceased was so severely injured that he died in hospital a fortnight later | |||||
| Jagger, Timothy, 06 Apr 1920, aged 22, Fall in a roadway | |||||
|  | Johnson, William, 17 Aug 1935, aged 54, Byeworker, Set of 23 empty tubs was being taken along level by endless rope — rope runner noticed a jerk and detached clip but did not stop rope — the set was passing byeworker who noticed tub had derailed when it stopped — he uncoupled and went between to rerail | ||||
| 3 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.
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ferrymoor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ferrymoor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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