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Nailstone Colliery

Location:	Nailstone 11 miles [17 km] WNW of Leicester
Map Ref:	(Sheet 140 Leicester, Coventry and Rugby) SK425085, 52° 40' 20" N, 1° 22' 17" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
Owners:	Nailstone Colliery Co.
	Nailstone Colliery Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - No. 1 - Coal: Household.
	1894 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - No. 1 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 1 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1910 - No. 1 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1915 - No. 1 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
	1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1947 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Steam. (325,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - No. 1 - 311 (243 below, 68 surface)
	1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 338 (265 below, 73 surface)
	1900 - No. 1 - 216 (178 below, 38 surface)
	1900 - No. 2 - 256 (204 below, 52 surface)
	1905 - No. 1 - 250 (197 below, 53 surface)
	1905 - No. 2 - 257 (229 below, 28 surface)
	1910 - No. 1 - 400 (291 below, 109 surface)
	1910 - No. 2 - 395 (252 below, 143 surface)
	1915 - No. 1 - 357
	1915 - No. 2 - 521 (378 below, 143 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 890 (740 below, 150 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 890 (740 below, 150 surface)
	1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 700 (550 below, 150 surface)
	1947 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 737 (558 below, 179 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - No. 1 - Upper Main
	1894 - No. 2 - Lower Main
	1896 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Upper Main, Lower Main
	1900 - No. 1 - Upper Main
	1900 - No. 2 - Eureka, Lower Main, Stockings
	1905 - No. 1 - Upper Main
	1905 - No. 2 - Lower Main
	1910 - No. 1 - Upper Main
	1910 - No. 2 - Lower Main
	1915 - No. 1 - Upper Main
	1915 - No. 2 - Lower Main, Seven Feet
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Armstrong, John Charles, 12 May 1901, (accident: 17 Apr 1901), aged 29, Stallman, Fall of roof coal. Deceased was breaking out a fall of coal when a portion of the roof coal broke over two props and fell upon him. He died 12th May (Upper main coal)
						Barwell, Samuel, 18 Jan 1899, aged 33, He died of "heart disease" upon the colliery premises while going to his work [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Biddle, Forrester William, 25 Sep 1897, (accident: 16 Sep 1897), aged 17, Horse driver, Deceased received two slight injuries by being crushed by trams and he died 25th. An inquest was held and the Jury returned a verdict that "he died from inflammation of the brain and of a rheumatic character probably accelerated by injuries received on the 16th instant"
						Boulter, Thomas, 16 Jan 1889, aged 32, Stallman, Fall of coals whilst holing, omitted to set holing sprags in accordance with the rules of the mine
						Bowler, Walter, 19 Oct 1889, aged 23, Fireman, Run over by railway waggons whilst uncoupling in the railway sidings
						Hargreaves, Thomas, 10 Jun 1885, aged 21, Holer, Coal fell from the side whilst setting a holing sprag
						Hawkes, James, 12 Feb 1867, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof
						Hill, John, 13 Mar 1907, aged 20, Loader, Fall of top coal and stone. Deceased was loading at the face-side when a fall of roof killed him (Upper main coal)
						Horton, Richard, 22 Jun 1874, aged 32, Stallman, Fall of coal
						Liddington, Walter, 21 Dec 1897, aged 31, Stallman, Deceased was walking along the roadway of the mine towards the pit when he suddenly died from failure of the heart [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Matley, Joseph, 12 Jan 1875, aged 33, Dataler, Employed ripping roof, when a fall of bind and coal fell from the side
						Perry, Andrew, 08 Oct 1899, (accident: 06 Sep 1899), aged 23, Loader, Deceased was pushing an empty tub up an inclined roadway, when he slipped down and bruised himself. He died on 8th October, and the Coroner's jury returned a verdict that "he died from blood poisoning following an abscess caused by violence accident sustained" (Upper main coal)
						Price, John, 04 Jul 1866, aged 24, Collier, Coal fell off carriage in shaft
						Ridgeway, James, 18 Dec 1867, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof
						Rose, James, 16 Apr 1877, aged 32, Loader, Loading coals, when the roof fell upon him
						Skinner, John, 14 Feb 1865, Sinker, Fell out of tub in shaft
						Vickers, James, 11 Dec 1866, aged 43, Collier, Run over in bringing heavy tub out of workings
						Waltham, Henry, 16 Feb 1897, aged 62, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased had been sent to pull down some bad stone and had just commenced work when stone fell and killed him instantly

						18 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Midland and Ireland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, 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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website