	Inkerman Colliery	Index	Inkerman Colliery

Inkerman Colliery

Location:	Tow Law 10 miles [16 km] W of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ112396, 54° 45' 7" N, 1° 49' 31" W
Opened:	1873
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1873
Pits:	Shaft details for Inkerman Colliery
Owners:	1860s - Ferens & Love
Output:	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1873 - Coal.
	1902 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1905 - Coal.
Employment:	1882 - 0 [Standing]
	1902 - 0 [Standing]
	1905 - 0 [Not worked]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Ballarat [Not worked]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Inkerman Colliery
Notes:	1873 - Inkermann Colliery, Dan's Castle Royalty, was sunk from the surface to the Main Coal or Brockwell Seam.
	1874 - Brockwell seam abandoned
	1881, May - Ballarat seam abandoned
	1886 - Main and Five Quarter seam abandoned

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!

						Bell, John, 09 Apr 1868, aged 39, Horse Driver, crushed between waggons at bank
						Bradwell, Robert James, 12 Jan 1934, aged 48, killed by a fall of stone
						Dawson, Joseph, 14 Jan 1860, Hawker, overcome by fumes when sleeping in the coke ovens for warmth
						Graham, John William, 04 Nov 1941, aged 16, died in the Mossy Burn Drift; he had been driving four full tubs from the flat to the landing, some time later he was discovered with his head wedged between the caunch side and the first tub; he had suffered serious injuries and died before he could be got to the surface, Buried: Tow Law Cemetery
						Pearce, Robert, 19 May 1881, aged 20, Joiner, while he was being lowered down an old shaft the winch got out of gear, and he was precipitated to the bottom; the winch was a very bad one and sadly out of repair [More information ...]
						Platt, William, 26 Oct 1866, aged 51, Stone Worker, fall of stone after blasting
						Spark, John, 02 Aug 1879, (accident: 29 Jul 1879), aged 42, Deputy, severe injuries by fall of stone while drawing a jud
						Walters, George, 16 Dec 1870, Joiner, got entangled with rope on engine
						Willis, John, 29 Jan 1876, aged 13, Trapper, crushed between his door and a set of tubs

						9 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Inkerman Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Inkerman Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1866 Mines Inspectors Report
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
Contributions by members of the Public
Headstone(s) in Tow Law Cemetery
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.

Further Research:

Research Notes for Inkerman Colliery

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