	Kent's Lane Colliery	Index	Kent's Lane Colliery

Kent's Lane Colliery

Location:	Silverdale 4 miles [7 km] W of Stoke-on-Trent
Map Ref:	(Sheet 118 Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield) SJ813467, 53° 1' 2" N, 2° 16' 41" W
Opened:	1895
Closed:	1930
Owners:	Butterley Co., Ltd.
	Silverdale Co., Ltd.
	Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone.
	1896 - Nos. 16 and 17 - Ironstone.
	1900 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Coal and Ironstone.
	1900 - Nos. 16 and 17 - Coal and Ironstone.
	1910 - No. 17 - Coal, ironstone.
	1910 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1915 - No. 17 - Coal, Ironstone.
	1915 - Nos. 14 & 15 - Coal: Manufacturing.
Employment:	1896 - Nos. 14 and 15 - 78 (62 below, 16 surface)
	1896 - Nos. 16 and 17 - 165 (122 below, 43 surface)
	1900 - Nos. 14 and 15 - 173 (145 below, 28 surface)
	1900 - Nos. 16 and 17 - 156 (122 below, 34 surface)
	1910 - No. 17 - 401 (307 below, 94 surface)
	1910 - Nos. 14 and 15 - 235 (195 below, 40 surface)
	1915 - No. 17 - 139 (108 below, 31 surface)
	1915 - Nos. 14 & 15 - 353 (297 below, 56 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 14 and 15 - 982 (700 below, 282 surface)
Seams Worked:	1896 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Brown Mine, C, Cannel Mine, Chalkey Mine, Great Row
	1896 - Nos. 16 and 17 - Red Mine, Red Shagg
	1900 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Brown Mine, Chalkey Mine, Great Row
	1900 - Nos. 16 and 17 - Red Mine, Red Shagg
	1910 - No. 17 - Red Mine Ironstone
	1910 - Nos. 14 and 15 - Great Row, Little Row
	1915 - No. 17 - Red Mine Ironstone
	1915 - Nos. 14 & 15 - Great Row, Little Row

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!

						Wade, E., 05 Oct 1937, aged 46, Haulage Hand, cage accident

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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