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  Hemingfield Colliery  Index  Hemingfield Colliery  
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Hemingfield Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Hemingfield, Barnsley
4½ miles [7 km] SE of Barnsley
Map Ref: (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE393009, 53° 30' 11" N, 1° 24' 27" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started: 1842
Owners: Earl FitzWilliam
William Gedney
Output: 1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1896 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment: 1894 - 335 (292 below, 43 surface)
1896 - 340 (298 below, 42 surface)
1900 - 343 (302 below, 41 surface)
1905 - 372 (329 below, 43 surface)
1910 - 356 (310 below, 46 surface)
1915 - 269 (222 below, 47 surface)
1940 - 1
Seams Worked: 1905 - Barnsley
1910 - Barnsley
1915 - Barnsley
Notes:

Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hemingfield Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hemingfield Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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