	Old Mills and Springfield Pits	Index	Old Mills and Springfield Pits

Old Mills and Springfield Pits

Location:	Paulton, nr. Bristol 2½ miles [4 km] W of Radstock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 183 Yeovil and Frome) ST649549, 51° 17' 30" N, 2° 30' 12" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William Evans and Co.
	Wm. Evans and Co., (Old Mills Collieries) Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal.
	1896 - Coal.
	1896 - Springfield - Coal.
	1900 - Coal.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. (78,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 235 (200 below, 35 surface)
	1894 - 0 [Included in Old Mills]
	1896 - 229 (193 below, 36 surface)
	1900 - 224 (185 below, 39 surface)
	1905 - 218 (181 below, 37 surface)
	1910 - 223 (185 below, 38 surface)
	1915 - 241 (200 below, 41 surface)
	1923 - 290 (235 below, 55 surface)
	1933 - 270 (217 below, 53 surface)
	1940 - 302 (246 below, 56 surface)
	1947 - 320 (250 below, 70 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Top, Middle, Bottom Veins
	1894 - Top, Middle, and Bottom Veins
	1896 - Top, Middle, Bottom Veins
	1896 - Springfield - Top, Middle, Bottom Veins
	1900 - Bottom Veins, Middle, Top
	1905 - Bottom Vein, Middle, Top
	1910 - Bottom Vein, Middle, Top
	1915 - Bottom Veins, Middle, Top
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!

						Austee, Frederick, 03 Apr 1878, aged 14, Collier, He was playing with some gunpowder which he took without the men's knowledge and ignited it, and was killed by the explosion
						Badman, John, 19 Jul 1901, (accident: 07 Jun 1901), aged 63, Overman, A small stone fell from the side of a road where he was examining, and injured his finger. The accident was considered very trivial, but blood poisoning set in, and he died on the 19th July
						Carter, George, 09 Nov 1870, aged 45, Collier, Fell out of cage whilst descending
						Carter, Simon, 24 Mar 1875, aged 30, Stoker, Fell off steps of pumping engine house
						Chivers, Mark, 09 Mar 1897, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof from unseen slips in his working place which was well timbered
						Cox, George, 11 Apr 1863, aged 28, Sinker, Got on to scaffold whilst a "shide" was being lowered, and fell down the pit a distance of about 16 yards, and was killed
						Gregory, James, 12 Feb 1886, aged 42, Collier, A stone having a glassy slip all round it fell upon him. It had sounded strong when tried
						Sage, Thomas, 24 Dec 1873, aged 30, Engineman, Scalded to death whilst assisting at the boiler mud pipes
						Stone, James, 11 Jul 1872, aged 41, Collier, Fall of stone
						Weeks, John, 02 Apr 1885, aged 66, Hewer, Fall of stone. A stone with a clay joint all round it fell upon him when he was holing the coal. A prop was standing two feet from the face and just at the edge of the slip which could not be seen

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), South-western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South-western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South-Western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), South Western District by Thomas Cadman,, 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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Southern District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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