	West Tees Colliery	Index	West Tees Colliery

West Tees Colliery

Location:	Ramshaw 13 miles [21 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ148262, 54° 37' 51" N, 1° 46' 11" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Henry Stobart and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1865 - Coal.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1900 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Victoria - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Morley - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Victoria - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Morley - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1910 - No. 2 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Victoria - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1900 - 31 (30 below, 1 surface)
	1900 - No. 2 - 38 (33 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - Victoria - 15 (14 below, 1 surface)
	1905 - 305 (246 below, 59 surface)
	1910 - 230 (174 below, 56 surface)
	1910 - Morley - 0 [Not worked]
	1910 - Victoria - 0 [Not worked]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Morley - Main Coal (Not worked)
	1905 - No. 2 - Busty
	1905 - Victoria - Victoria (Not worked)
	1910 - Morley - Main Coal [Not worked]
	1910 - Victoria - Victoria [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!

						Gray, John William, 13 Sep 1924, 8.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 16, Driver, Deceased was found dead in a crouching position in front of a full tub, to which his pony was attached. It is presumed that, when riding on the limbers, he leaned forward until his head projected beyond the side of the tub, and on reaching a point where the width of the roadway is suddenly reduced to only 5 ins. clearance, his head was caught between the tub and the coal side, dislocating his neck

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

1900 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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.