	Kepier Colliery	Index	Kepier Colliery

Kepier Colliery

Location:	Durham 1 miles [2 km] ENE of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ289429, 54° 46' 50" N, 1° 32' 57" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1897 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
	1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:	bef. 1818
Closed:
Pits:	Engine Pit, opened: 1872
	Shaft details for Engine Pit
	Florence Pit, opened: 1872
	Shaft details for Florence Pit
	Mary Pit
	Shaft details for Kepier Colliery
Owners:	1850s - Ralph Dixon
	1860s - John Thwaites
	1870s - Wear Coal Co.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1873 - Coal.
Employment:	1854 - 0 [Working]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Kepier Colliery
Notes:	1818 - A boring was put down below the Hutton Seam at Kepier Colliery ; nothing was found.
	1852 - Boring operations were in progress at Kepier Colliery to prove the Busty Seam.
	1872 - No. 2 shaft, Florence Pit, Kepier Colliery, was sunk from the surface to the Busty Seam.
	1876 - A boring by W. Coulson was put down below the thill of the Hutton Seam at the Kepier New Pit in the township of St. Giles, Durham, to prove the lower coals, but with disappointing results.

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!

						Dobbison, William, 16 Jan 1871, aged 14, Putter, killed by a fall of roof
						Hird, John, 16 Sep 1870, (accident: 11 May 1870), aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Parkin, William Dixon, 02 Nov 1868, aged 53, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]
						Scarth, Charles, 20 May 1867, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Scarth, William, 15 Jan 1868, aged 16, Putter, fall of stone; a putter who had exchanged work with the hewer [More information ...]
						Sweeting, George, 25 Sep 1847, aged 21, Furnaceman, found lying dead near the furnace, he had been ailing for some time, and his death appeared to have been natural
						Wilson, William, 03 Jan 1847, (accident: 01 Jan 1847), aged 21, severely crushed from the fall of a stone from the roof

						7 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

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

Date							Inspectors Remarks
12 Dec 1852	–	–	–	1	–	1

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kepier Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kepier Colliery

Gallery Images:

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
1867 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
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873-4 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
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.
Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

Pictures:

Colliery picture provided by David Kitching