	Woolley Hills Colliery	Index	Woolley Hills Colliery

Woolley Hills Colliery

Location:	Cockfield
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	1951
Owners:	1890s - Woodland Collieries Co. Ltd.
Output:	1888 - Coal.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1951 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1952 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1953 - Coal: Coking, Household.
Employment:	1882 - 0 [Standing]
	1883 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	1900 - 0 [Standing]
	1902 - 0 [Standing]
	1905 - 0 [Not worked]
	1910 - 0 [Persons employed included in Woodland]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Limestone series
	1951 - Brockwell
	1952 - Brockwell
	1953 - Main
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Woolley Hills Colliery
Notes:	1911 - Main Coal (Brockwell) seam abandoned
	1953 - Main seam 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!

						Morton, J. W., 22 Sep 1905, aged 22, Hewing Putter, fall of side stone which overtopped the timber whilst turning away a lift

						1 name found

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Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
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
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
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works