	Hartley Bank Colliery	Index	Hartley Bank Colliery

Hartley Bank Colliery

Location:	3 miles [5 km] SW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE292171, 53° 38' 58" N, 1° 33' 26" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 3 Pit
Owners:	Flockton Coal Co.
	Flockton Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1915 - Coal: Household.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (155,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 128 (103 below, 25 surface)
	1896 - 203 (170 below, 33 surface)
	1900 - 161 (130 below, 31 surface)
	1905 - 210 (177 below, 33 surface)
	1910 - 242 (209 below, 33 surface)
	1915 - 216 (176 below, 40 surface)
	1923 - 600 (520 below, 80 surface)
	1933 - 101
	1940 - 590 (500 below, 90 surface)
	1947 - 600 (500 below, 100 surface)
	1954 - 627 (518 below, 109 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Old Hards
	1910 - Old Hards
	1915 - Flockton, Old Hards
	1954 - Beeston, Flockton Thin, New Hards, Wheatley Lime
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Binns, H. S., 01 Aug 1902, aged 15, Hurrier, Crushed when manipulating a full tub from the front
						Brown, Gonzalab, 23 May 1924, 3.40 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 24, Machineman, Explosion, firedamp, ignited at switch box of coal cutter, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Cloke, G., 12 Apr 1884, Labourer, Crushed by waggons
						Fletcher, Frederick, 29 Nov 1919, aged 20, Haulage hand, Had detached set of three full tubs and threw haulage rope into 6 feet way and was struck by 'swinging tommy' nose end of which was caught by traveling rope
						Jackson, G., 03 Feb 1893, aged 39, Engineman, By machinery
						Lumb, Joe, 23 May 1924, 3.40 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 23, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignited at switch box of coal cutter, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Noble, Harold, 21 Oct 1934, (accident: 20 Oct 1934), aged 39, Hewer, Taking out full tub through gate and put in locker to control tub down 1 in 12 crossgate. On turning round a piece of dirt fouled one wheel and he went in front to remove it when tub moved forward and his back was squeezed against roof. Died following day
						Talbot, Archie, 23 May 1924, 3.40 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 27, Machine Chargeman, Explosion, firedamp, ignited at switch box of coal cutter, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Walker, S., 25 Jul 1883, aged 15, Hurrier, Found under a corf in his benk gate
						Wraith, Harold, 23 May 1924, 3.40 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 22, Filler, Explosion, firedamp, ignited at switch box of coal cutter, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, 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
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian