New Selston Colliery

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	New Selston Colliery	Index	New Selston Colliery

Location:	Selston Green, Alfreton 11 miles [18 km] NW of Nottingham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK457527, 53° 4' 12" N, 1° 19' 2" W
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Closed:
Owners:	J. Oakes and Co.
	Oakes and Co., J. (Riddings Collieries) Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1915 - Coal: Household.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (120,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 336 (283 below, 53 surface)
	1896 - 387 (331 below, 56 surface)
	1900 - 360 (314 below, 46 surface)
	1905 - 590 (500 below, 90 surface)
	1910 - 601 (505 below, 96 surface)
	1915 - 474 (406 below, 68 surface)
	1923 - 450 (349 below, 101 surface)
	1933 - 252 (220 below, 32 surface)
	1940 - 350 (280 below, 70 surface)
	1947 - 335 (265 below, 70 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Deep Soft, Deep Hard
	1896 - Deep Soft, Deep Hard
	1900 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
	1905 - Deep Soft
	1910 - Deep Soft
	1915 - Deep Soft
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Brown, Henry, 23 Dec 1907, (accident: 13 Dec 1907), aged 61, Stallman, He burned his arm slightly with a naked light in the mine, and he died on 23rd December of "septic cellulitis," which the coroner's jury said had arisen from the burn (Deep soft coal)

George, Herbert, 11 Oct 1904, aged 21, Plane-rider, Deceased was riding down an engine-plane in the last tub of a train of 22 empty tubs. Some of the tubs left the rails and deceased was in some way fatally injured. He died in less than an hour after the accident (Deep soft coal)

Lowe, Christopher, 06 Oct 1913, aged 27, Haulage Hand, He was detaching a rope from an incoming train of 50 tubs, running at about six miles an hour, when the first tub was thrown off the rails by a piece of coal which fell from the open end, and he was run over. Since the accident the space has been reduced. A deputy was present at the time

Williamson, Horace, 06 Sep 1909, aged 14, Horse-driver, He appears to have been opening a door for the horse and tram to pass through, when the horse overtook him, or deceased stumbled and was run over (Deep Soft Coal seam)

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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
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), 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
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Midland District (No. 8) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Yorkshire and North Midland Division (No. 3) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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