Millbank Colliery

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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also known as Nep Gill Pit

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	Millbank Colliery	Index	Millbank Colliery

Location:	Bridgefoot 8½ miles [14 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY059293, 54° 39' 0" N, 3° 27' 28" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1860s - John Harris's reps.

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Potts, James, 06 Feb 1869, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Stephenson, Joseph, 17 Oct 1863, (accident: 01 Oct 1863), aged 26, Coal Miner, in endeavouring to avoid a large stone which fell from a drift in the mine he accidentally fell onto a block of wood lying on the floor and he sustained one blow on his back, from the affects of which he died [Inquest: 24 Oct 1863]

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1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Contributions by members of the Public
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.