	Pentrich Colliery	Index	Pentrich Colliery

Pentrich Colliery

Location:	Ripley 10½ miles [17 km] N of Derby
Map Ref:	(Sheet 119 Buxton and Matlock) SK394519, 53° 3' 45" N, 1° 24' 43" W
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Closed:
Owners:	Messrs. Haslam
	W. C. Haslam
	Pentrich Colliery Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Hartington - Coal: Household.
	1894 - Speedwell - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1896 - Hartington - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Speedwell - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household.
	1923 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1933 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1940 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (186,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - Hartington - 245 (193 below, 52 surface)
	1894 - Speedwell - 51 (36 below, 15 surface)
	1896 - Hartington - 208 (158 below, 50 surface)
	1896 - Speedwell - 41 (30 below, 11 surface)
	1900 - 221 (169 below, 52 surface)
	1905 - 248 (182 below, 66 surface)
	1910 - 254 (200 below, 54 surface)
	1915 - 250 (184 below, 66 surface)
	1923 - 300
	1933 - 500
	1940 - 420
Seams Worked:	1894 - Hartington - Tupton, Silkstone
	1894 - Speedwell - Deep Soft, Deep Hard
	1896 - Hartington - Silkstone, Tupton
	1896 - Speedwell - Deep Hard, Deep Soft
	1900 - Deep Hard, Silkstone, Tupton
	1905 - Deep Hard, Silkstone, Tupton
	1910 - Deep Hard, Deep Soft, Silkstone, Tupton
	1915 - Tupton
	1940 - Kilburn, Silkstone, Tupton
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!

						Allsop, J. W., 05 Aug 1936, Miner, overcome by gas [More information ...]
						Bednall, C., 26 Feb 1860, aged 14, Trammer, Fall of roof in main road
						Bradshaw, Leonard, 22 Oct 1914, aged 15, Trammer, His neck was broken between a prop at the face end of the gate and a full tub that the stallman was pushing out of the bank. It is supposed that he lost his light and went to the face in the dark for another, and got there just as the tub was coming out
						Goodhall, John, 28 Oct 1908, aged 13, Rope-boy, Run over by empty tubs on an endless rope roadway. Deceased was conveying a train of nine empty tubs and is supposed to have lost his light. In attempting to reach the signal wires or get out of the way, he got run over by the train (Deep Hard Coal seam)
						Hackett, Joseph, 09 Feb 1895, (accident: 08 Feb 1895), aged 18, Onsetter, A piece of coal fell down the shaft and struck the deceased who was pulling an empty tram off the cage at the bottom of the shaft. He died next day
						Hunt, John, 26 Jul 1853, Fall of roof in the mine [More information ...]
						Hunt, John, 03 Jun 1861, (accident: 29 Apr 1861), aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof, 29th April [More information ...]
						Kirkland, John, 09 Jun 1891, aged 13, Screen boy, The boy was engaged levelling a truck of slack which was being removed from under the screens. The bottom door of the waggon had not been fastened it gave way and both slack and boy fell through and upon the rail the wheel fatally crushing the deceased
						Neil, Tom, 20 Dec 1910, aged 33, Collier, A fall of roof in a working face, caused by a "weight break"
						Sparham, J., 05 Aug 1936, Miner, overcome by gas [More information ...]
						Waller, Samuel, 20 Apr 1882, aged 52, Deputy, Incline chain broke, tubs ran back and struck deceased, who was on the incline
						Wilders, James, 13 Oct 1896, aged 52, Stallman, Fall of roof. The stone which killed him fell from a faulty place in the roof and was hidden by the coal face until deceased worked away the coal towards the faulty place

						12 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), 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
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), 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
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), 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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website