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Rumby Hill Colliery
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| Location: | Crook (Hunwick) 8½ miles [14 km] SW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ164344, 54° 42' 17" N, 1° 44' 42" W |
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| Owners: | 1900s - Walter Scott |
| 1910s - J. H. Brackenby | |
| 1930s - J. E. Barker | |
| 1930s - Rumby Hill Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1923 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |
| 1924 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1927 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1905 - 11 (8 below, 3 surface) |
| 1910 - 24 (20 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1915 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface) [Ballarat and Yard Abandoned] | |
| 1921 - 29 (23 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1923 - 26 (21 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1924 - 29 (23 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1925 - 30 (23 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1927 - 34 (23 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1929 - 32 (21 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1930 - 15 (9 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1935 - 0 [Discontinued 4/34] | |
| 1940 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Harvey |
| 1910 - Ballarat, Harvey, Hutton | |
| 1915 - Top Main [Ballarat and Yard Abandoned. Plans to H.O. October 20th, 1915] | |
| 1921 - Busty, Top Main | |
| 1923 - Busty, Top Main | |
| 1924 - Busty | |
| 1925 - Busty | |
| 1927 - Busty, Top Main | |
| 1929 - Busty, Top Main | |
| 1930 - Main, Top Main | |
| 1935 - Busty [Discontinued 4/34] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rumby Hill Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1915 - Ballarat, Yard seams abandoned |
1930, 31 Mar - River Green seam abandoned |
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1944, Feb - Busty, Five Quarter seams abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rumby Hill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rumby Hill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
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