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Greenhead Colliery
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| Location: | Harperley 9½ miles [15 km] WSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ146342, 54° 42' 9" N, 1° 46' 24" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 24 May 1907 |
| Pits: |  Shaft details for Greenhead Colliery |
| Owners: | 1860s - Snowden & Kellett |
| 1880s - Christopher Wilkinson | |
| 1890s - J. H. Coulson | |
| 1900s - Thomas Finley & Wilkinson | |
| Output: | 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 13 (12 below, 1 surface) |
| 1900 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1902 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1905 - 16 (13 below, 3 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main Coal |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Greenhead Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1899, 11 Apr - Busty, Main Coal or Brockwell seams abandoned - Minerals not being profitable to work |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Hunter, Thomas, 26 Oct 1868, aged 15, Putter, crushed by tub | |||||
| Pender, Patrick, 12 Apr 1906, aged 49, Hewer, When turning away a place a heavy fall of roof occurred, completely burying him. He was dead when released two hours afterwards. | |||||
| 2 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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also include a photograph of the deceased.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Greenhead Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Greenhead Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
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