	Hook Hill Colliery	Index	Hook Hill Colliery

Hook Hill Colliery

Location:	Corbridge-on-Tyne
Map Ref:
Maps:	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - J. Jameson & Son
Output:	1882 - Fireclay.
	1883 - Fireclay.
	1888 - Fireclay.
	1890 - Fireclay.
	1894 - Fireclay.
	1896 - Fireclay.
	1900 - Fireclay.
	1902 - Fireclay.
	1905 - Fireclay.
	1910 - Fireclay.
	1915 - Fireclay.
	1921 - Fireclay.
	1925 - Fireclay.
	1930 - Fireclay.
	1935 - Fireclay.
	1948 - Fireclay.
	1949 - Fireclay.
	1950 - Fireclay.
	1951 - Fireclay.
	1952 - Fireclay.
	1953 - Fireclay.
	1954 - Fireclay.
	1964 - Fireclay.
	1965 - Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 3
	1896 - 2
	1900 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1902 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1905 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1910 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1915 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1921 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1925 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface)
	1930 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1935 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1945 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1948 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1949 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1950 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1951 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1952 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1953 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1954 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1964 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1965 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Fireclay Seam
	1930 - Hook Hill
	1935 - Hook Hill
	1948 - Hook Hill
	1949 - Hook Hill
	1950 - Hook Hill
	1951 - Hook Hill
	1952 - Hook Hill
	1953 - Hook Hill
	1954 - Hook Hill

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Dixon, William, 01 Sep 1904, (accident: 30 Aug 1904), aged 21, Miner, Deceased brought into the mine some loose gunpowder in a bag and was in the act of transferring it to his tin bottle when a spark from his candle ignited it. The Jury at the inquest added the following rider to their verdict of accidental death: "The Jury urge that powder should not be taken into the drift otherwise than as provided by statute, and that cartridges should only be made in a proper place outside the drift provided for the purpose."

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

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
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works