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Mickley Bank Colliery
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| Location: | nr. Prudhoe 8½ miles [14 km] ESE of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88, OL42) NZ071605, 54° 56' 21" N, 1° 53' 21" W |
| Maps: |  1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | 1860s - Elizabeth Bewick |
| 1890s - Isabella Bewick | |
| 1940s - R. J. Bewick | |
| Output: | 1860 - Coal. |
| 1882 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. Fireclay. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1956 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) |
| 1896 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1900 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1902 - 11 (9 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1915 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1921 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1925 - 25 (21 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1930 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) [inc. Mickley Grange] | |
| 1935 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) [Abandoned 3/35] | |
| 1940 - 24 (22 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1945 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1950 - 11 (10 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1955 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1956 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Six Quarter |
| 1910 - Six Quarter | |
| 1915 - Six Quarter | |
| 1921 - Tilley | |
| 1925 - Tilley | |
| 1930 - Five Quarter | |
| 1935 - Five Quarter [Abandoned 3/35] | |
| 1940 - Six Quarter | |
| 1950 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter | |
| 1955 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter, Tilley | |
| 1956 - Five Quarter, Six Quarters, Tilley | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Mickley Bank Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1917 - Six Quarter seam abandoned |
1936, 23 Jan - Six Quarter seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mickley Bank Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mickley Bank Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 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
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- 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 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
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