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Wham Colliery

Location:

Butterknowle
14 miles [23 km] SW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 92) NZ113266, 54° 38' 3" N, 1° 49' 30" W

Opened:

Closed:

29 Aug 1931

Owners:

1890s - Butterknowle Colliery Co. Ltd.

1910s - J. & J. W. Firbank

Output:

1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Coking.

1910 - Wham - Coal: Coking.

1921 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1923 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1927 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1896		131	89	42
1900		82	52	30
1902		79	48	31
1910	Wham	Suspended
1921		Temporarily closed
1923		Abandoned
1925		4	3	1
1927		3	2	1
1929		3	2	1
1930		3	2	1

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Wham - Brockwell

1910 - Wham - Brockwell [Suspended]

1921 - Main Coal [Temporarily closed]

1923 - Main Coal [Abandoned]

1925 - Main

1927 - Main

1929 - Main

1930 - Main

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wham Colliery

Notes:

1876 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1912 - Main or Brockwell seam abandoned - coal exhausted

1931, 29 Aug - Main seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wham Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wham Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 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
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department