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Hargill Hill Colliery
also known as Hargill Colliery
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| Location: | Witton-le-Wear 9½ miles [15 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ157330, 54° 41' 31" N, 1° 45' 20" W |
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 03 Nov 1934 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Hargill Hill Colliery |
| Owners: | 1860s - W. Wooler |
| 1880s - Chapman & Co. | |
| 1890s - J. Proud | |
| 1910s - Esther Lowson | |
| Output: | 1865 - Coal. |
| 1873 - Coal. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 53 [Standing] |
| 1900 - 22 (19 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1902 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 10 (6 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1910 - 10 (7 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1915 - 10 (5 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1921 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1923 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1924 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1925 - 3 | |
| 1927 - 2 | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Main Coal |
| 1910 - Main Coal | |
| 1915 - Main Coal | |
| 1921 - Main Coal | |
| 1923 - Main Coal | |
| 1924 - Main Coal | |
| 1925 - Main | |
| 1927 - Main | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hargill Hill Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1885 - Brockwell seam abandoned |
1902 - Brockwell seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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1929, 16 May - Main seam abandoned |
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1934, 03 Nov - Main seam abandoned |
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Description
In this township [Witton-le-Wear] coal is and has for may years been extensively worked, and stone is also quarried at Harperley. The principal colliery is that worked by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., which was sunk in 1845, and now working the following seams : "the Harvey," 2 ft. 4 in. ; "Constantine," 2 ft. ; "Ballarat," 1 ft. 8 in. ; the "Five Quarter," 2 ft. 8 in. ; and the Brockwell, 4 ft. 3 in. These seams are marked by drifts. The output, 700 tons per day, is principally converted into coke here. There are also fire brick and sanitary pipe works in conjunction with this colliery, which are provided with clay from this pit ; and in all there are 700 men and boys employed.
The inhabitants of the villages of High Grange, North Bitchburn, Quarryburn, and Valley Terrace, are employed by this company. Howden colliery, also in this township, is worked by the same company, and comprises the same seams, excepting the "Brockwell." Here 250 tons per day are drawn, employing 250 men. A Hargill Hill the Brockwell seam, 6 feet, is being worked as a landsale pit by Mr. J. Proud.
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
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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!
 | Elliott, Robert, 09 Sep 1889, aged 59, Hewer, fall of roof at a slip, turning away a place by the side of an old pillar | |||||
| Gargett, Thomas, 15 Jul 1875, aged 13, Tub Greaser, run over by tubs on the surface | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hargill Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hargill Hill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- 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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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Hargill Hill Colliery
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