	West Carterthorne Colliery	Index	West Carterthorne Colliery

West Carterthorne Colliery

Location:	Evenwood 12 miles [19 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ141283, 54° 38' 58" N, 1° 46' 53" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1900s - West Carterthorne Coal Co.
Output:	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1902 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1900 - 67 (60 below, 7 surface)
	1902 - 57 (49 below, 8 surface)
	1905 - 43 (35 below, 8 surface)
	1910 - 32 (20 below, 12 surface)
	1915 - 76 (62 below, 14 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Brockwell, Busty
	1910 - Brockwell, Busty
	1915 - Brockwell, Busty
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Carterthorne Colliery

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!

						Richardson, Matthew, 30 Dec 1905, aged 47, Hewer, when working alone taking out the stook of a pillar he was completely buried and smothered by a fall of roof; as no one was working with him it was difficult to say what caused the fall, as, apparently, the place was carefully timbered

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to West Carterthorne Colliery

Credits

Sources:

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
1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide