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Plenmeller Colliery

also known as Plainnmeller Colliery

Location:

Haltwhistle
9 miles [14 km] N of Alston

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, 87) NY740606, 54° 56' 22" N, 2° 24' 19" W

Maps:

1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

26 May 1932

Pits:

Engine Pit, closed: 13 Dec 1856

Shaft details for Engine Pit

Shaft details for Plenmeller Colliery

Owners:

1880s - Plenmeller Coal Co.

1890s - Plenmellor Colliery Co.

1910s - Plenmeller Collieries Ltd.

1920s - Owners of Plenmeller Colliery

Output:

1882 - Coal (Landsale).

1883 - Coal, Landsale.

1888 - Coal (Landsale).

1890 - Coal (Landsale).

1894 - Coal: Household.

1896 - Coal: Household.

1900 - Coal: Household.

1902 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing. Iron Pyrites.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Iron Pyrites.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam. Iron Pyrites.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	6	4	2
1896	7	5	2
1900	17	8	9
1902	10	8	2
1910	88	39	49
1915	390	276	114
1921	714	603	111
1923	625	508	117
1924	611	487	124
1925	372	292	80
1927	418	336	82
1929	351	284	67
1930	337	274	63

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1910 - Sinking

1915 - Little Limestone Coal

1921 - Little Limestone Coal

1923 - Little Limestone Coal

1924 - Little Limestone Coal

1925 - Little Limestone Coal

1927 - Little Limestone

1929 - Little Limestone

1930 - Little Limestone

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Plenmeller Colliery

Notes:

1874 - Comb Roof Coal, and probably a seam 2ft. 2ins. Thick about 11 fathoms above it abandoned - coal exhausted

1903 - Cannel seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1903, 11 Nov - Exploring drift abandoned. Too much water met with

1910 - Top seam abandoned

1932, 26 May - Little Limestone seam abandoned

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!

						Brown, Edward, 22 Feb 1923, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Carr, Christopher Irving, 10 Dec 1925, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Davey, Richard Nicholas, 20 Jan 1927, aged 46, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Haltwhistle Cemetery
						Dixon, W., 1922, [approximate date]
						Hall, Robert, 05 May 1920, aged 63, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone
						Judge, Thomas, 27 Mar 1918, aged 56, Shunter, run over by truck
						Nolan, Michael Oswald, 15 Jun 1917, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Watson, Frederick, 17 Nov 1923, (accident: 16 Nov 1923), aged 29, Stoneman, caught by stone from shot
						Wills, James, 08 Dec 1917, (accident: 06 Dec 1917), aged 52, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone

						9 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. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Plenmeller Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Plenmeller Colliery

Gallery Images:

Credits

Sources:

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1902 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
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Contributions by members of the Public
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works

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