	Job's Hill Colliery	Index	Job's Hill Colliery

Job's Hill Colliery

Location:	Crook 7½ miles [12 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ174354, 54° 42' 49" N, 1° 43' 46" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
	1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Shaft details for Job's Hill Colliery
Owners:	1850s - Joseph Pease, Joseph Whitwell Pease, & Joseph Pease & Co.
	1860s - Joseph Pease & Partners
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1873 - Coal.
Employment:	1854 - 0 [Working]
	1883 - 26
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Notes:	1838 - Boring operations from the surface were in progress in the vicinity of Jobs Hill, near Crook, Peases West Collieries.
	1845, Aug 23 - On Saturday, upwards of forty workmen, belonging to Job’s Hill colliery, were regaled with an excellent supper, at the house of Mr. George Linton, the Horse Shoe Inn, Crook, provided by their worthy masters, Messrs. Coulthard, of Gateshead, on the completion of their contract for sinking the above colliery, which has been carried down to the depth of 65 fathoms within a short period, without the slightest accident. Great credit is due to the workmen as well as masters for their steady conduct and good behaviour during the time they have been so employed.

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!

						Collinson, William, 23 Jun 1862, aged 47, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Gallighar, John, 26 Feb 1864, aged 25, Hewer, crushed by tubs
						Hall, Michael, 28 Jan 1858, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs
						Harwood, John, 04 Apr 1859, Number Taker, boiler explosion [More information ...]
						Henry, Edward, 27 Sep 1862, aged 35, Hewer, knocked down by a horse
						Patterson, William, 24 Jul 1865, aged 53, Shifter, struck his head against a nail
						Peart, John, 24 Oct 1873, aged 13, Driver, fell off tubs and was dragged by them
						Sherwood, Herbert, 04 Apr 1858, aged 25, Hewer, fall of stone and coal
						Soulsby, Joseph, 01 Apr 1866, Rope Guider, crushed between rope and drum
						Wade, George, 08 Oct 1860, aged 55, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						Watson, James, 01 Jul 1864, aged 25, Hewer, fall of stone while drawing timber

						11 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 Job's Hill Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Job's Hill Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1862 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1865 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1866 Mines Inspectors Report
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
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
Durham Chronicle
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
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.