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Huncoat Colliery

Location:	Huncoat 16½ miles [26 km] W of Bradford
Map Ref:	(Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD773309, 53° 46' 25" N, 2° 20' 40" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	George Hargreaves and Co.
	Hargreaves Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial. (78,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 222 (180 below, 42 surface)
	1896 - 318 (255 below, 63 surface)
	1900 - 430 (347 below, 83 surface)
	1905 - 517 (419 below, 98 surface)
	1910 - 577 (460 below, 117 surface)
	1915 - 524 (379 below, 145 surface)
	1923 - 689 (495 below, 194 surface)
	1933 - 575 (448 below, 127 surface)
	1940 - 190
	1947 - 418 (242 below, 176 surface)
	1954 - 481 (393 below, 88 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Upper and Lower Mountain
	1896 - Upper and Lower Mountain
	1900 - Lower Mountain, Upper Mountain
	1905 - Lower Mountain, Upper Mountain
	1910 - Lower and Upper Mountain
	1915 - Lower Mountain, Upper Mountain
	1954 - Upper Mountain [Used as Winding Pit for Calder and Scaitcliffe]
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!

						Chadwick, Thomas, 12 Jun 1890, (accident: 17 Apr 1890), aged 67, Mason's labourer, Died June 12th from injuries by being run over on a tram road where space was being levelled for the new colliery
						Croston, Jesse, 17 Mar 1903, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 47, Coke burner, Crushed by slack waggon on top of coke ovens
						Hall, Henry, 13 Aug 1909, (accident: 04 Aug 1909), aged 38, Collier, Whilst pushing a tub slipped, cut his right knee ; blood-poisoning caused death on 13th
						Horsefield, James, 06 Mar 1898, (accident: 15 Feb 1898), aged 17, Drawer, Crushed by tub on drawing road ran into by another drawer. Died 6th March
						Rhodes, Thomas E., 02 Oct 1909, aged 41, Chain road inspector, Crushed by endless chain and forks leading to wheel, whilst between the chains, where he ought not to have been

						5 names found

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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
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website