	Silkstone Fall Colliery	Index	Silkstone Fall Colliery

Silkstone Fall Colliery

Location:	nr. Barnsley 3 miles [5 km] WSW of Barnsley
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE302054, 53° 32' 39" N, 1° 32' 39" W
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Closed:
Owners:	C. Brook, Silkstone
	Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Fireclay.
	1896 - Fireclay.
	1900 - Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 87 (76 below, 11 surface)
	1896 - 45 (40 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - 31 (24 below, 7 surface)
	1905 - 142 (112 below, 30 surface)
	1910 - 156 (137 below, 19 surface)
	1915 - 154 (134 below, 20 surface)
	1923 - 321 (271 below, 50 surface)
	1933 - 352 (298 below, 54 surface)
	1940 - 333 (283 below, 50 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Parkgate
	1910 - Parkgate
	1915 - Parkgate
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!

						Beaumont, George, 04 Feb 1867, aged 36, Collier, Horse crushed him
						Brooks, T., 05 Apr 1910, aged 35, Miner, A fall of roof in a working place. The fall displaced a prop and disclosed a previously unsuspected slip
						Fearns, John, 25 Feb 1865, aged 46, Fall of coal in the mine
						Marshall, J., 14 Jun 1869, aged 22, Collier, Fall of coal
						Norbury, William, 31 Aug 1864, Crushed by the cage at the bottom of the shaft
						Robinson, Herbert, 10 Aug 1909, aged 42, Miner, Fall of roof. He was found dead under a heavy fall of loose shale in a gate road. From the position of his candle and tools it is conjectured that he found a small fall, and was either removing it or examining the place when a further fall occurred. The roof was very soft and loose and the fall displaced timber
						Sherratt, Thomas, 30 Apr 1867, Collier, Caught by set of corves on rolley way
						Walton, George, 11 Apr 1868, aged 17, Hurrier, Fall of roof

						8 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Yorkshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, 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
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