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Gunnerton Colliery
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| Location: | Chollerton 8 miles [13 km] NNW of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY898767, 55° 5' 4" N, 2° 9' 35" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 01 May 1934 |
| Pits: | Gunnerton Pit, locn: (Sheet 87) NY898769, sinking: 1876 |
| Shaft details for Gunnerton Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860s - Joseph Armstrong |
| 1880s - R. & B. Armstrong | |
| 1890s - J. & B. Armstrong | |
| 1910s - Hunstanworth Mines Ltd. | |
| 1920s - Gunnerton Collieries Co. | |
| Output: | 1860 - Coal. |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
| 1882 - Coal. | |
| 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, Steam. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 14 (12 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1902 - 15 (13 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1915 - 12 (11 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1921 - 0 [Abandoned] | |
| 1923 - 16 (12 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1924 - 21 (16 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1925 - 26 (20 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1927 - 21 (17 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1929 - 17 (13 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1930 - 18 (13 below, 5 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Limestone Coal |
| 1910 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1915 - Limestone Coal | |
| 1921 - Limestone Coal [Abandoned] | |
| 1923 - Gunnerton | |
| 1924 - Gunnerton | |
| 1925 - Gunnerton | |
| 1927 - Gunnerton | |
| 1929 - Gunnerton | |
| 1930 - Gunnerton | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gunnerton Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934, 01 May - Gunnerton 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 Gunnerton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gunnerton 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
- 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 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
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