	Markham Main Colliery	Index	Markham Main Colliery

Markham Main Colliery

Location:	Armthorpe, nr. Doncaster 3½ miles [5 km] E of Doncaster
Map Ref:	(Sheet 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE624038, 53° 31' 40" N, 1° 3' 30" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1924
Owners:	Markham Main Colliery Ltd.
	Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Navigation. (770,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1923 - 80
	1933 - 2,113 (1,871 below, 242 surface)
	1940 - 2,400 (2,100 below, 300 surface)
	1947 - 2,550 (2,150 below, 400 surface)
	1954 - 2,493 (2,061 below, 432 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Barnsley
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Markham Main, Armthorpe, Nr. Doncaster: Planned before 1914 but sinking was not completed until ten years later when the shafts reached the Barnsley. still the main producer, at 730 yds.; 2,100 men produce 750,000 tons.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in Doncaster Area, published August 1967

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!

						Beardshall, John Thomas, 17 May 1934, aged 41, Collier, Knocked stone against steel prop while shovelling dirt at working face causing a bruise — worked for an hour but left the pit when swelling made him so he could not work and went to Ambulance Room. He was seen by a doctor and sent to hospital where he died
						Evans, Arthur, 17 Jan 1933, (accident: 02 Jun 1932), aged 32, Collier, Twisting a full tub at gate end flat sheet when he slipped and injured his leg — had First Aid and later went to doctor. Eight days later leg was amputated in hospital. Died 17th Jan 1933
						Greensmith, Frank, 21 Mar 1940, (accident: 14 Dec 1939), aged 24, Pan turner, Assisting to heave up a gate conveyor when a prop swung and struck his head. Died 21st Mar. 1940
						Walker, Harold, 27 May 1934, (accident: 25 May 1934), aged 30, Collier, Squaring side of face ripping which had been left overhanging by two previously fired shots and was knocked down by a stone which fell from strong bind. Died two days later
						Whitwood, Joseph H., 15 Jun 1934, aged 43, Collier, In longwall face waste had broke down close to face when a buttock was being worked past it he was standing at loose end examing roof when there was a fall — killed instantly

						5 names found

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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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Markham Main Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian