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Micklam Colliery |
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Micklam Colliery |
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| Location: |
Lowca, nr. Whitehaven
3 miles [5 km] NNE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NX989231, 54° 35' 34" N, 3° 33' 54" W |
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| Pits: |
No. 5 Pit, locn: (Sheet 89) NX985218 (See also Harrington Colliery) |
| Owners: |
???? - United Steel Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1950 - Coal: Manufacturing. Mainly fireclay, clay. Fireclay. Clay. |
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1955 - Fireclay. |
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1958 - Fireclay. |
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1960 - Fireclay. |
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1965 - Fireclay. |
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1966 - Fireclay. |
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1968 - Fireclay. |
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1970 - Fireclay. |
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1972 - Fireclay. |
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1979 - No. 5 - Fireclay. |
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1980 - No. 5 - Fireclay. |
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1981 - No. 5 - Fireclay. |
| Employment: |
1950 - 46 (37 below, 9 surface) |
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1955 - 34 (28 below, 6 surface) |
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1958 - 30 (25 below, 5 surface) |
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1960 - 30 (25 below, 5 surface) |
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1965 - 23 (18 below, 5 surface) |
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1966 - 24 (19 below, 5 surface) |
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1968 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface) |
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1970 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface) |
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1972 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface) |
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1979 - No. 5 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface) |
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1980 - No. 5 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface) |
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1981 - No. 5 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1950 - Firelcay, Micklam |
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1955 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1958 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1960 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1965 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1966 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1968 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1970 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1972 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1979 - No. 5 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1980 - No. 5 - Micklam Fireclay |
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1981 - No. 5 - Micklam Fireclay |
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!
| | |  | |  | | Jopson, Edward, 20 Sep 1933, aged 53, Miner, caught by the set, address: 6, Devonshire Street, Workington |
| | | | | | | Porter, William, 18 Aug 1946, (accident: Oct 1939), aged 52, a stone 7ft. by 3ft., weighing nearly a ton fell on him, he lay in hospital for 74 weeks and had not walked since the accident |
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2 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Micklam Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Micklam Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1966 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1968 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1981 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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