Railey Fell Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Sources:

	Railey Fell Colliery	Index	Railey Fell Colliery

Location:

Evenwood
11 miles [18 km] SW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ161288, 54° 39' 14" N, 1° 45' 2" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1860s - Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd.

Output:

1865 - Coal.

1873 - Coal.

1888 - Coal.

1894 - Coal: Coking.

1896 - Coal: Coking.

1900 - Railey Fell - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1905 - Railey Fell - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1910 - Railey Fell - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1915 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.

1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.

1935 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1883		32	32
1888		Standing
1890		Standing
1894		315	135	180
1896		201	155	46
1900	Railey Fell	213	146	67
1902		239	182	57
1915		279	222	57
1921		278	227	51
1923		303	235	68
1924		337	267	70
1925		360	288	72
1927		327	257	70
1927		Closed 16/4/27
1929		236	185	51
1930		279	216	63
1935		198	157	41

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Railey Fell - Brockwell, Busty

1910 - Railey Fell - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton

1915 - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton

1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton

1923 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton

1924 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton

1925 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton

1927 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey [Closed 16/4/27]

1929 - Brockwell, Busty

1930 - Brockwell, Busty

1935 - Brockwell, Busty

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Railey Fell Colliery

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Railey Fell Colliery

Coal is also extensively worked in this township [Evenwood], as will be seen by the following account of the several pits when in working order. The owners of Norwood colliery have two seams at work – the Brockwell, 5 ft. 6in., at the depth of 14 fathoms, which dips considerably to the north east, and the Busty, 4 feet thick, is worked by two drifts north and south. The annual output is 120,000 tons, and the number employed is over 200. Evenwood colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., have two pits working the Brockwell, 5 ft. 9 in., at the depth of 72 fathoms. Five Quarter from 1-9 to 3 feet at 58 fathoms, and the yard seam at 51 fathoms.

These seams are worked by a drift from Evenwood Colliery. The average output is 160,000 tons per annum, and the number employed is over 300. There are fifty coke ovens, but not in use at present. Storey Lodge Colliery, by the North Bitchburn Coal Co., working the Yard seam and the Five Quarter, 4 ft. 6 in. yielding an annual output of 80,000 tons, and employing 180 hands. Reiley Fell Colliery, by Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co. Here are the Busty, 3 ft. 8 in. to 4 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in. This pit is at present idle ; but there are 70 coke ovens, which are supplied from the Lands Colliery, which was sunk in 1879, and at which are worked the Harvey, 2 ft. 4 in., the Busty, 4 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., and the Brockwell, 5 ft. 10 in., employing 100 hands. At Morley Colliery, by Mr. Andrew Mein, is worked by a drift, the Main Coal seam, 5 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft., yielding 30,000 tons per annum, and employing 40 men and boys. Pit Close is another small colliery, where Mr. George Lowson is working also the Main Coal seam.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Railey Fell Colliery

1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
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
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
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
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks

Cook, George, 04 Apr 1870, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Kipling, George, 08 Oct 1874, aged 40, Deputy, fall of stone while drawing timber

Kirton, Christopher, 04 Oct 1870, aged 19, Set Rider, crushed by tubs

3 names found

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