	Seaton Moor Colliery	Index	Seaton Moor Colliery

Seaton Moor Colliery

Location:	Flimby 10 miles [16 km] NNE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY044327, 54° 40' 49" N, 3° 28' 58" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Buckam (No. 1) Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 89) NY040335
Owners:	1860s - St. Helens Colliery Co.
	1880s - R. Wilson
	1890s - Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Firebrick Co. Ltd.
	1910s - Risehow Colliery, Coking & By-Product Co. Ltd.
Output:	1883 - Coal.
	1884 - Coal.
	1888 - Coal.
	1890 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1902 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. Ganister. Fireclay.
	1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1923 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
	1924 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1925 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
	1927 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 93 (85 below, 8 surface)
	1896 - 73 (64 below, 9 surface)
	1900 - 67 (57 below, 10 surface)
	1902 - 60 (54 below, 6 surface)
	1905 - 80 (68 below, 12 surface)
	1910 - 108 (89 below, 19 surface)
	1915 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface)
	1921 - 33 (26 below, 7 surface)
	1923 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface)
	1924 - 35 (28 below, 7 surface)
	1925 - 35 (29 below, 6 surface)
	1927 - 0 [Temporarily closed since 3/26]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Fireclay, Rattler Band
	1910 - Fireclay, Rattler Band
	1921 - Fireclay, Senhouse Band
	1923 - Fireclay, Senhouse Band
	1924 - Fireclay, Senhouse Band
	1925 - Fireclay, Senhouse Band
	1927 - Senhouse Band [Temporarily closed since 3/26]
	1929 - Sehouse Band
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Seaton Moor Colliery
Notes:	1901 - White Metal Band seam abandoned - coal exhausted
	1914 - Slatey Band, Rattler Band seams abandoned
	1929, 21 May - Senhouse, Rattler, Fireclay, Ten Quarters seams 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!

						Anderson, Thomas, 02 Oct 1861, Shaft Fall
						Ferguson, J., 03 Jun 1867, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Gate, Jonathan, 22 Feb 1894, 6:20 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 58, Fireman, It appears that the deceased was pushing an empty tub into a cage, and by some means got to the wrong side of the pit, which had been left unfenced by the banksman, and fell down the shaft [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Halliday, Thomas, 17 Jul 1867, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						Nicholson, Fletcher, 18 Mar 1852, crushed between two corfs

						5 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
07 Aug 1856	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of coal
04 Sep 1861	–	–	–	1	–	1	coal waggons
09 Sep 1861	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Seaton Moor Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Seaton Moor Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1867 Mines Inspectors Report
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
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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