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Hedley Fell Colliery

Location:	Cornsay
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	31 May 1934
Owners:	1920s - Hedley Fell Coal Co.
	1930s - Thomas Robson
	1930s - J. R. Robson
Output:	1921 - Coal.
	1923 - Coal: Coking.
	1924 - Coal: Coking.
	1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1929 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1930 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1921 - 7 (5 below, 2 surface)
	1923 - 27 (23 below, 4 surface)
	1924 - 31 (26 below, 5 surface) [Temporarily closed]
	1925 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1927 - 14 (11 below, 3 surface)
	1929 - 13 (9 below, 4 surface)
	1930 - 6 (3 below, 3 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Three Quarter
	1923 - Harvey, Three Quarter
	1924 - Harvey, Three Quarter [Temporarily closed]
	1925 - Three Quarter
	1927 - Ballarat, Harvey, Three Quarter
	1929 - Ballarat, Harvey, Three Quarter
	1930 - Ballarat
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hedley Fell Colliery
Notes:	1934, 31 May - Harvey, Ballarat, Three Quarter seams abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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						Walton, Henry, 13 May 1924, (accident: 03 May 1924, 10.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 49, Dataller, While deceased was dressing back the side of a roadway in order to set back some timber, a small piece of stone fell from the roof and slightly injured one of his fingers. The injury was dressed at the time and he continued working. Septicaemia set in, however, and he died 10 days later

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

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