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Tin Mill Colliery

also known as Blackhill Colliery, Consett Colliery, Mount Pleasant Colliery

Location:	Blackhill 12 miles [19 km] WNW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ106513, 54° 51' 24" N, 1° 50' 1" W
Opened:	bef. 1866
Closed:	Aug 1910
Owners:	1860s - Consett Iron Co. Ltd.
Output:	1873 - Coal.
	1888 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1921 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1923 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
Employment:	1883 - 203
	1894 - 216 (183 below, 33 surface)
	1896 - 234 (197 below, 37 surface)
	1900 - 330 (285 below, 45 surface)
	1902 - 339 (289 below, 50 surface)
	1905 - 315 (273 below, 42 surface)
	1910 - 17 (15 below, 2 surface)
	1915 - 0 [Not worked]
	1921 - 0 [Not worked]
	1923 - 0 [Not worked]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter
	1910 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter
	1915 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter [Not worked]
	1921 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter [Not Worked]
	1923 - Brockwell, Busty, Three Quarter [Not worked]

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!

						Downey, James, 06 Aug 1910, aged 51, Hewer, He was working in a bord 6 yards wide, the coal being 3 feet 4 inches thick. Top stone was taken down to make tub height along the right side, the stone being stowed in the rest of the bord. When visited two and half hours before the accident the place was well timbered up and there were no loose props lying about the left side of the place. When found he was quite dead, with a stone 8 inches thick by 8 feet by 4½ feet lying upon him. Lying close to him were three loose props and his mell, from which it was apparent that he had knocked out the props in order to use his shovel more easily when stowing the stones
						Fleming, Joseph, 26 Sep 1883, aged 33, Hewer, fall of top stone from between two slips
						Gibbon, John, 15 Jun 1877, aged 41, Collier, explosion of powder - the pricker broke in the whole while withdrawing it, he drilled another whole close to it - either while stemming or lighting the shot went off, killing him on the spot ; there would be about seven pounds of powder in both shots
						Lumley, Francis, 26 Sep 1895, 4:20 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 22, Hewer, on removing a prop he caused a large fall of stone
						Peacock, John, 24 Dec 1874, aged 21, Miner, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Mount Pleasant coll., cause: crushed by fall of stone (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/186)
						Phout, Jerry, 10 Nov 1862, killed by a fall of stone, left a wife and two children
						Pugsley, John Thomas, 15 Dec 1898, aged 21, Hewer, he was hewing when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him [More information ...]
						Robson, Joseph, 07 Jul 1890, aged 49, Shifter, alleged to have received an accident by a tram load of timber getting off the way in the pit; on a post-mortem examination being made it was found he died from diseased lungs and heart [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Stoker, John, 12 Sep 1894, 3:45 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 16, Driver, He got on to the wrong side of his set, and was crushed to death between tub and wall [More information ...]
						Thompson, James, 04 Dec 1894, 8:15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 28, Hewer, Fall of stone from between two slips
						Wears, John William, 01 Nov 1900, aged 32, Hewer, Killed by a fall of ramble stone 6½ inches thick. He was working contrary to orders at a piece of coal intended to be left to support a water level. [More information ...]
						Young, George, 15 Apr 1885, aged 58, Shifter, died from natural causes while leaving his work; air good; on main in-take

						12 names found

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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
13 Oct 1856	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone
12 Feb 1861	–	–	–	1	–	1	fall of stone
25 Oct 1861	1	–	–	–	–	1	in shaft

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Credits

Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, 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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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