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Glyncastle Colliery
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| Location: | Resolven 12½ miles [20 km] WSW of Merthyr Tydfil |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SN845020, 51° 42' 17" N, 3° 40' 15" W |
| Opened: | 1896 |
| Closed: | Apr 1965 |
| Owners: | Cory Brothers and Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1896 - Coal: Anthracite. |
| 1900 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Anthracite, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Anthracite, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Anthracite, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (85,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 252 (201 below, 51 surface) |
| 1900 - 263 (190 below, 73 surface) | |
| 1905 - 91 (80 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1910 - 88 (72 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1915 - 124 (95 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1923 - 43 (41 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1933 - 0 [inc. In Ffaldydre] | |
| 1937 - 4 | |
| 1947 - 337 (245 below, 92 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Four Feet |
| 1910 - Four Feet, Six Feet | |
| 1915 - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Six Feet |
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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!
 | Evans, James, 16 Nov 1903, aged 20, Rider, Fell off journey of full trams on main dip and was run over | |||||
| Evans, John, 22 Jun 1900, 11.15 a.m., aged 29, Rider (for the day), Fell off front of journey, and was crushed to death, while riding round a curve on road — speed 3 miles per hour | |||||
| Hughes, George, 09 Apr 1903, (accident: 31 Mar 1903), aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof. On road ; died 9th April from meningitis, the result of a slight injury to head by the fall of a small stone while kneeling and making a place for an arm of a pair of timbers, 12 yds. from face. Four-feet seam | |||||
| 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Glyncastle Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Glyncastle Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1923 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
- 1933 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
- 1937 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
- 1940 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
- 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
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