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Goatstones Colliery
also known as Gatestones Colliery
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| Location: | Simonburn 8½ miles [14 km] NW of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87) NY844746, 55° 3' 59" N, 2° 14' 35" W |
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 16 May 1932 |
| Owners: | 1890s - Rev. J. Allgood |
| 1910s - R. L. Allgood | |
| 1910s - G. H. Allgood | |
| 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. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1902 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1905 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1910 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1915 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1921 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1923 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1924 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1925 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1927 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1929 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1930 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Cowden (Little Limestone Coal) |
| 1910 - Cowden (Little Limestone Coal) | |
| 1915 - Cowden (Little Limestone Coal) | |
| 1921 - Cowden (Limestone Coal) | |
| 1923 - Cowden (Little Limestone Coal) | |
| 1924 - Cowden | |
| 1925 - Cowden | |
| 1927 - Cowdon | |
| 1929 - Cowdon | |
| 1930 - Cowden | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Goatstones Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1932, 16 May - Cowdon 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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Goatstones Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Goatstones 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
- 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
- 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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