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Millfield Grange Colliery
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| Location: | Cockfield 14½ miles [23 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ119256, 54° 37' 31" N, 1° 48' 56" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 25 Feb 1911 |
| Owners: | 1890s - R. Summerson & Co. |
| 1900s - Millfield Grange Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. |
| 1894 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 73 |
| 1888 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 30 (24 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1896 - 25 (20 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1902 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1905 - 27 (25 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 23 (21 below, 2 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Five Quarter, Main Coal |
| 1910 - Five Quarter, Main Coal | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Millfield Grange Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1911 - Five Quarter (Busty), Main Coal (Brockwell) seams 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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Blackett, John R., 15 Dec 1903, aged 16, Putter, when bringing out the last tub of his shift, it got off the way and displaced some timber and a quantity of soft blue stone fell and suffocated him | |||||
| Cooper, James, 17 Oct 1892, 12:00 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 63, Deputy, fall of roof from a slip; he had undermined a prop while lowering way | |||||
| 2 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Millfield Grange Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Millfield Grange Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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Related Links:
| External sites | |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Millfield Grange Colliery
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