Whitley Clough Colliery

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	Whitley Clough Colliery	Index	Whitley Clough Colliery

Location:	Hopton, Mirfield 7½ miles [12 km] WSW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield) SE211169, 53° 38' 55" N, 1° 40' 47" W
Opened:	1884
Closed:	1947
Owners:	W. J. Cardwell
	William and J. Cardwell Ltd.
	Elliott's Collieries, Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 165 (153 below, 12 surface)
	1896 - 114 (103 below, 11 surface)
	1900 - 106 (91 below, 15 surface)
	1905 - 130 (117 below, 13 surface)
	1910 - 86 (70 below, 16 surface)
	1915 - 69 (60 below, 9 surface)
	1923 - 50 (40 below, 10 surface)
	1933 - 73 (61 below, 12 surface)
	1937 - 87 (75 below, 12 surface)
	1940 - 0 [inc. In Lepton Edge]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Blocking, Lime Coals
	1910 - Blocking and Lime Coals
	1915 - Lime Coal
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Jones, Thomas, 06 Nov 1861, Fall of stone in the shaft

Kaye, John A., 13 Jan 1902, (accident: 03 Jan 1902), aged 14, Hurrier, Died 13th January. Slightly grazed his knee when at work. Blood poisoning supervened

Laycock, D., 07 Jan 1889, aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof

Williams, W., 02 Jun 1897, Collier, Whitley Clough Pit, on the 2nd June, where a collier named W. Williams died suddenly when at his work [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

4 names found

1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian