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Hook Colliery

Location:	Haverfordwest 5 miles [8 km] N of Pembroke
Map Ref:	(Sheet 157 St. Davids and Haverfordwest, 158 Tenby and Pembroke) SM983113, 51° 45' 52" N, 4° 55' 20" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1923
Pits:	Margaret Pit, locn: (Sheet 157 St. Davids and Haverfordwest, 158 Tenby and Pembroke) SM976110, opened: 1923, closed: 1935
	New Drift, locn: (Sheet 157 St. Davids and Haverfordwest, 158 Tenby and Pembroke) SM975108, opened: 1938, closed: Mar 1948
	West Park Pit, locn: (Sheet 157 St. Davids and Haverfordwest, 158 Tenby and Pembroke) SM991113, opened: 1885, closed: 1896
Owners:	Harcourt Powell
	Hook Colliery Co.
	Hook Anthracite Colliery Co., Ltd.
	Watts, Watts and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - West Park Pit - Coal: Anthracite.
	1896 - West Park Pit - Coal: Anthracite.
	1900 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1905 - Coal: Anthracite.
	1947 - Coal: Anthracite. (15,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - West Park Pit - 148 (100 below, 48 surface)
	1896 - West Park Pit - 128 (80 below, 48 surface)
	1900 - 50 (32 below, 18 surface)
	1905 - 53 (30 below, 23 surface)
	1923 - No. 2 (Slant) - 0 [development stage]
	1933 - 289 (230 below, 59 surface)
	1940 - 140 (100 below, 40 surface)
	1947 - 140 (100 below, 40 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Timber Vein
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!

						Brock, James, 22 Aug 1913, aged 64, Collier, Fall of side at working face
						Folland, William, 26 Apr 1861, aged 26, Pitman, In shaft, fell off bucket. No carriage, no guides, and badly fitted up shaft
						Hier, John, 03 Apr 1860, aged 15, Trammer, Bucket fell down shaft from top
						James, Joshua, 22 Nov 1871, aged 57, Collier, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]
						James, William, 22 Sep 1916, aged 26, Collier [More information ...]
						Jenkins, Thomas, 10 Sep 1866, aged 35, Labourer, Fell down air shaft
						Phillips, J., 22 Nov 1871, aged 36, Collier, Killed by an explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Phillips, William, 23 Nov 1892, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof at face while finishing the lagging above a pair of timbers
						Rock, John, 25 Aug 1927, aged 26, Repairer, Ripping roof when stone fell and caught finger against pick handle — amputated 29th
						Thomas, Joseph, 22 Sep 1916, aged 26, Collier [More information ...]
						Unknown, -, 02 Oct 1875, Overman, Killed by falling down air pit through rope breaking

						11 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, 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
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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