	Low Laithes Shaft, Gawthorpe	Index	Low Laithes Shaft, Gawthorpe

Low Laithes Shaft, Gawthorpe

Location:	Wakefield 3 miles [5 km] WNW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE280222, 53° 41' 45" N, 1° 34' 30" W
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Owners:	Low Laithes Coal Co.
	Low Laithes Colliery Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 240 (217 below, 23 surface)
	1896 - 198 (155 below, 43 surface)
	1900 - 449 (369 below, 80 surface)
	1905 - 541 (407 below, 134 surface)
	1910 - 674 (552 below, 122 surface)
	1915 - 359 (231 below, 128 surface)
	1923 - 234 (157 below, 77 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Cannel, Silkstone
	1910 - Cannel, Silkstone
	1915 - Beeston, Silkstone
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Adams, John, 28 Jul 1905, aged 30, Dataller, He and another man were engaged ripping and timbering a road when a large fall of roof occurred and killed him
						Beacher, David, 26 Nov 1859, Miner, explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Brook, Hawk, 12 Oct 1910, aged 46, Miner, A fall of roof in a low and narrow working face. The fall disclosed a slip. Props should have been set
						Cooper, W., 14 Dec 1899, (accident: 12 Dec 1899), aged 36, Fitter, Was assisting the shunter on a siding when he was run over by waggon. Died 14th December
						Fleming, George, 30 Sep 1902, aged 20, Hanger-on, An iron drag was inadvertently sent up the shaft attached to a full tub. It fell just as the cage reached the surface and killed Fleming
						Glen, M., 23 Sep 1890, Sinker, Fell from scaffold [More information ...]
						Keenan, Joseph, 11 Jun 1909, aged 14, Pony Driver, He was found dead under a full tub which he was taking out-bye
						Kilbride, Dominic, 04 Aug 1911, aged 18, Pony driver, He had been taking empty tubs off the endless rope to supply some datallers. It is likely that some of the tubs got off the rails and struck a prop beneath a steel girder. The girder slipped off the end of the prop, and a fall of stone occurred, which killed him
						Lumb, William, 11 Jan 1906, aged 19, Scale Picker, His coat was caught by a revolving shaft when reaching over it to get an iron scraper to clean the belts with. He was dragged in, and so severely injured that he died the same night. There was a coupling with bolts through it at the point
						Lund, James, 04 May 1854, Falling down the shaft [More information ...]
						Murrey, J., 23 Sep 1890, Sinker, Fell from scaffold [More information ...]
						Pickles, Edgar, 19 Jul 1915, aged 15, Lamp carrier, Opened door for full tram when he was knocked down by set of full tubs

						12 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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