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Pit House Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Frosterley
16 miles [26 km] W of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ021385, 54° 44' 29" N, 1° 58' 0" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started: 16 Feb 1927
Owners: 1910s - Cleveland Magnesite & Refractory Co. Ltd.
Output: 1915 - Coal and Ganister.
1921 - Coal, Ganister.
1922 - Ganister, Coal.
1923 - Coal, Ganister.
1924 - Coal, Ganister.
1925 - Coal, Ganister.
1927 - Ganister.
Employment: 1915 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
1921 - 0 [Temporarily Closed]
1922 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface)
1923 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
1924 - 4
1925 - 2
1927 - 0 [Abandoned]
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1921 - Main [Temporarily Closed]
1923 - Main
1924 - Ganister Coal
1925 - Ganister Coal
1927 - Ganister Coal [Abandoned]
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pit House Colliery


  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pit House Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pit House Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 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

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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