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Ingoe Pit

Location:	Matfen 9½ miles [15 km] NE of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87, OL42) NZ042754, 55° 4' 23" N, 1° 56' 3" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:	1892
Owners:	1860s - Duke of Northumberland
	1880s - John Russell
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal (Landsale).
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ingoe Pit
Notes:	1892 - Coal exhausted

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!

						Black, Ralph, 20 Dec 1889, aged 42, Engineman, fell under pumping beam whilst engine in motion

						1 name 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.

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
11 Aug 1853	1	–	–	–	–	1	fall down engine shaft

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ingoe Pit

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ingoe Pit

Credits

Sources:

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (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 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.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works