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Mirfield Moor Colliery
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| Location: | Mirfield 7 miles [11 km] ESE of Halifax |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE200208, 53° 41' 2" N, 1° 41' 49" W |
| Opened: | 1863 |
| Closed: | 1931 |
| Owners: | Mirfield Coal Co. |
| Mirfield Colliery Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 142 (134 below, 8 surface) |
| 1896 - 182 (174 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1900 - 187 (179 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1905 - 64 (54 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1910 - 187 (180 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1915 - 123 (115 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1923 - 426 (323 below, 103 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Black Bed |
| 1910 - Better Bed, Shertcliffe | |
| 1915 - Better Bed, Shertcliffe | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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!
 | Fone, R., 26 Aug 1884, aged 28, Sinker, A door fixed in wood bratticing fell on him in the shaft | |||||
| Thornton, Hallas, 10 Jul 1871, aged 16, Hurrier, Fall of roof | |||||
| 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mirfield Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mirfield Moor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, 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
- 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
- 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
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