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Hummerbeck Colliery
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| Location: | West Auckland 12 miles [19 km] SSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ184252, 54° 37' 17" N, 1° 42' 54" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 02 Jul 1909 |
| Owners: | 1880s - Ord & Maddison |
| 1890s - Thomas Body | |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1882 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1883 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1896 - 21 (16 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 39 (33 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1902 - 52 (46 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1905 - 89 (77 below, 12 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Brockwell, Busty |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hummerbeck Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1897, 18 Aug - Busty seam abandoned - Not profitable to work |
1908 - Busty seam abandoned |
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1909 - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Hutchinson, James Ernest, 07 Apr 1906, aged 21, Hewer, When about to get out of the cage on its arrival at bank it was lowered, and his head was caught between the cage and the flatsheets. The cage was then raised and he fell down the pit., Buried: St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Middleton-in-Teesdale [More information ...] | |||||
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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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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hummerbeck Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hummerbeck Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1890 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
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- Headstone(s) in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Middleton-in-Teesdale
- 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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