West Bitchburn Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

also known as West Beechburn Colliery

Sources:

	West Bitchburn Colliery	Index	West Bitchburn Colliery

Location:

Howden-le-Wear

Map Ref:

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

Opened:

Closed:

12 Apr 1926

Pits:

Shaft details for West Bitchburn Colliery

Owners:

1860s - Thomas Snowden

1880s - C. W. & T. Snowdon

1910s - West Beechburn Coal & Whinstone Co. Ltd.

Output:

1873 - Coal.

1921 - Coal.

1923 - Coal: Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1883	45	45
1915	96	82	14
1921	116	102	14
1923	127	111	16
1924	106	93	13
1925	Abandoned

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1915 - Victoria

1921 - Victoria

1923 - Marshall Green, Victoria

1924 - Marshall Green, Victoria

1925 - Marshall Green, Victoria [Abandoned]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for West Bitchburn Colliery

Notes:

1886 - Brockwell seam abandoned

1926 - Victoria, Marshall Green seams abandoned

None found.

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Parkin, George, 09 Dec 1870, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Pearson, Thomas, 22 Jan 1918, aged 18, Driver, killed through being caught under a fall of stone

2 names found

NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/43, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1918 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1915 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
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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