	Staveley Colliery	Index	Staveley Colliery

Staveley Colliery

Location:	nr. Chesterfield 9 miles [14 km] SSE of Sheffield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK430746, 53° 15' 59" N, 1° 21' 19" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Furnace Hill and Renishaw Park Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam. (168,000 tons)
Employment:	1933 - 401 (291 below, 110 surface)
	1940 - 510 (360 below, 150 surface)
	1947 - 463 (325 below, 138 surface)
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!

						Armstrong, J., 22 Feb 1860, aged 32, Shaftman, Falling down shaft from surface [More information ...]
						Bingham, Charles, 01 Oct 1870, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal
						Broughton, Gervase, 05 Dec 1850, Falling into the winding machinery
						Gascoigne, James, 13 Jan 1855, Bursting of an underground boiler [More information ...]
						Gott, Henry, 16 Mar 1854, Suffocation by firedamp [More information ...]
						Hodgkinson, William, 10 Jul 1852, Fall of roof in the mine
						Jones, John, 21 Sep 1854, Fall of roof in the mine
						Leech, Albert H., 16 Dec 1872, aged 14, Driver, Caught by a waggon whilst passing
						Lockie, William, 25 Dec 1852, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]
						McHugh, T., 30 Nov 1859, aged 34, Deputy, Fall of roof
						Musson, George, 02 Nov 1854, Fall of roof in the mine
						Newton, J., 08 Nov 1859, aged 39, Miner, Falling off cage from 30 yards down shaft [More information ...]
						Platts, George, 03 May 1852, Breaking of an incline rope in the mine
						Price, George, 24 Feb 1851, aged Boy, Fall of coal in the mine
						Rice, John, 16 Sep 1854, Fall of roof in the mine
						Ridgway, Daniel, 13 Nov 1852, Fall of coal in the mine
						Riley, John, 14 Feb 1855, aged Boy, Crushed by a cage at the bottom of the shaft
						Sampson, J., 05 Mar 1856, aged 59, Fall of roof [More information ...]
						Scott, Thomas, 25 Jan 1854, Fall of a corf in the shaft
						Scott, William, 08 Nov 1853, Falling down the shaft
						Shaw, George, 16 Mar 1854, Suffocation by firedamp [More information ...]
						Sidall, George, 13 Jan 1855, Bursting of an underground boiler [More information ...]
						Simons, William, 18 Jul 1864, aged 25, Fall of roof (coal)
						Spencer, James, 18 Jan 1852, aged Boy, Run over by corves in the mine
						Thorpe, T., 08 Nov 1859, aged 26, Miner, Falling off cage from 30 yards down shaft [More information ...]
						Whileman, John, 25 Dec 1852, Breaking of a pit rope [More information ...]
						Woodcock, H., 04 Oct 1859, aged 30, Smith, Caught by descending cage when looking down the shaft [More information ...]

						27 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1851 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1852 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1854 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1856
1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1855 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Midland District by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1947 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