Healey Cote Colliery

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	Healey Cote Colliery	Index	Healey Cote Colliery

Location:	Pauperhaugh 9½ miles [15 km] SSW of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NU112005, 55° 17' 55" N, 1° 49' 21" W
Maps:	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:	07 May 1935
Owners:	1910s - R. Wood
Output:	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1925 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1930 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1915 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) [Sinking]
	1921 - 26 (17 below, 9 surface)
	1923 - 36 (27 below, 9 surface)
	1924 - 39 (30 below, 9 surface)
	1925 - 45 (34 below, 11 surface)
	1927 - 42 (30 below, 12 surface)
	1929 - 41 (32 below, 9 surface)
	1930 - 47 (35 below, 12 surface)
	1935 - 40 (27 below, 13 surface) [Abandoned 3/35]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Shilbottle
	1923 - Shilbottle Main
	1924 - Shilbottle Main
	1925 - Shilbottle Main
	1927 - Shilbottle Main
	1929 - Shilbottle Main
	1930 - Shilbottle Main
	1935 - Shilbottle Main [Abandoned 3/35]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Healey Cote Colliery
Notes:	1935, 07 May - Shilbottle or Shilbottle Main seam abandoned

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Edmunds, John William, 07 Jul 1924, 5.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 15, Shifter, The shaft siding was being enlarged. A top canch, 30 ins. thick, had been taken down and new roof supports erected. The deceased and another deputy were engaged in preparing to set the last new roof support at the edge of the shaft. The erection of this support would have completed the work. The deceased boy's father was taking down some side stone, when a portion of the side unexpectedly fell away, and knocked out the end prop of the last roof support. This gave freedom to the roof, which, in falling, displaced further roof supports and resulted in a large fall of roof. The boy was killed outright by the fall and the deputy was crushed and sustained injuries which proved fatal the following day. The other deputy (the deceased boy's father) escaped with slight injuries [More information ...]

Wallace, Robert, 07 Jul 1924, 5.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 34, Deputy, The shaft siding was being enlarged. A top canch, 30 ins. thick, had been taken down and new roof supports erected. The deceased and another deputy were engaged in preparing to set the last new roof support at the edge of the shaft. The erection of this support would have completed the work. The deceased boy's father was taking down some side stone, when a portion of the side unexpectedly fell away, and knocked out the end prop of the last roof support. This gave freedom to the roof, which, in falling, displaced further roof supports and resulted in a large fall of roof. The boy was killed outright by the fall and the deputy was crushed and sustained injuries which proved fatal the following day. The other deputy (the deceased boy's father) escaped with slight injuries [More information ...]

2 names found

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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 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