	Midgeholme Colliery	Index	Midgeholme Colliery

Midgeholme Colliery

(See also Naworth Colliery)

Location:

Midgeholme

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

Pits:

East Drift, locn: (Sheet 86) NY647590, closed: 1948 (See also Naworth Colliery)

Engine Pit, sinking: 16 May 1831 (See also Naworth Colliery)

Shaft details for Engine Pit

George Drift (See also Naworth Colliery)

King Pit, locn: (Sheet 86) NY642587, closed: 20 Jul 1954

West Drift, locn: (Sheet 86) NY644591, closed: 1949 (See also Naworth Colliery)

Owners:

1850s - Mrs. Maria Thompson

1860s - M. Thompson & Sons

1940s - Naworth Collieries Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1882 - Coal.

1883 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1890 - Coal.

1935 - East - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1935 - West - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1940 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (60,000 tons)

1950 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1935	East	63	50	13
1935	West	66	50	16
	Total	129	100	29
1940		160	120	40
1945	East	58	34	24
1950		82	47	35

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1935 - East - Craig Nook

1935 - West - Craig Nook

1940 - Craig Nook, Little Limestone, Three Quarters, Wellsyke

1950 - Craig Nook

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Midgeholme Colliery

Notes:

1893 - Midgeholme Well Syke, Three Quarters, Low Main, Yard seams abandoned - coal exhausted

1944, Mar - Low Main seam abandoned

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!

						Andrews, William, 17 Jan 1873, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of coal and stone
						Armstrong, Thomas, 24 Jun 1879, aged 22, Putter, crushed by tubs on inclined plane
						Bell, Isaac, 23 Jan 1847, aged 24, killed by a fall of stone [date of report]
						Foster, John, 30 Nov 1829, aged 49, Miner, instantly killed by the fall of a large stone from the roof
						Hankin, Thomas, 19 Aug 1875, aged 14, Incline Boy, run over by tubs in incline plane owing to chain breaking
						Jackson, George, 06 Jun 1870, aged 38, Hewer, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Jackson, Robert, 06 Jun 1870, aged 36, Hewer, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Lee, Matthew, 16 Jan 1877, aged 45, Hewer, fall of roof in broken
						Murray, George, 18 Dec 1839, Hewer, at the moment the basket was being drawn up, Murray, who was standing near the basket, wishing to ascend, attempted to seat himself in it, after the usual signal had been given; and whilst the basket was being drawn up, Murray was crushed against a cross beam in so dreadful a manner as to cause instantaneous death
						Murray, John, 05 Oct 1844, Miner, death was occasioned by a fall of stone from the roof of the pit in which he was removing the parts
						Rushton, Edward, 29 Sep 1885, aged 53, Enginewright, a jack rope on which he was being drawn up the shaft broke; he fell to the bottom
						Tweddle, William, 13 Sep 1845, aged 37, Hewer, a large stone, weighing nearly two tons, fell upon him, from the roof of the pit, and killed him upon the spot [Date of report]

						12 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 page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research 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
24 Jan 1853	–	–	–	–	1	1
08 Dec 1854	–	–	–	1	–	1
16 Jan 1856	1	–	–	–	–	1	fell down shaft, More information ...
04 Jul 1859	–	–	–	2	–	2	fall of roof, More information ...

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Sources:

1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 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
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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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