Durham Mining Museum - Brusselton Colliery (original) (raw)
| Location: | nr. West Auckland11½ miles [19 km] SSW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ207249, 54° 37' 7" N, 1° 40' 46" W |
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
| Opened: | 1834 |
| Closed: | 07 June 1968 |
| Pits: | Shaft details for Brusselton Colliery |
| Owners: | 1900s - Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd. |
| 1920s - Thomas Walton | |
| 1920s - Brusselton Colliery Co., per Thomas Walton | |
| 1930s - Brusselton Colliery Co. Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (45,000 tons) | |
| 1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (41,850 tons) | |
| 1950 - Coal. | |
| 1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| 1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial, Steam. | |
| Employment: | Year Pit Total Below Above 1902232  19636 190531826751 191030826642 19251174 1930624715 1935745321 19401208535 19471389840 195025819266 195531724374 196036627888 196436126893 |
| NCB Employment Figures |
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1970) |
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Brockwell, Busty |
| 1910 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey | |
| 1925 - Beaumont | |
| 1930 - Busty | |
| 1935 - Busty, Harvey | |
| 1940 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey | |
| 1955 - Beaumont, Busty, Hutton, Low Main | |
| 1960 - Beaumont, Busty, Hutton, Low Main | |
| 1964 - Bottom Busty, Tilley, Top Busty | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Brusselton Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1834 - Boring operations were commenced at Brusselton. |
| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Brusselton 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!
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| | | | Barraclough, James Keith, 29 Apr 1958, aged 21, haulage accident, Buried: West Auckland Cemetery |
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| | Blackett, Christopher, 12 Jan 1935, aged 28, a set of tubs ran away down a steep gradient carrying away some timber and causing a large fall of roof in the main road of the Harvey Seam, which caught Blackett [date of inquest] |
| | | | | | | Fawell, Colin, 1966, killed by cutting machine [approximate date] |
| | | | | | | Fowel, Kevin?, 1959, aged 20, killed with cutting machine |
| | | | | | | Horner, Christopher Roy, 26 Feb 1955, aged 36, Buried: West Auckland Cemetery |
| | | | | | | Jefferies, Thomas, 05 Jun 1905, (accident: 26 May 1905), aged 21, Incline Attendant, he was struck by a runaway tub and received such injuries that he died on June 5th |
| | | | | | | Leng, Tom, 07 Nov 1951, (accident: 1936), aged 45, he died at home in Eldon Lane - cause of death was peritonitis as a direct result of an accident 15 years ago. Leng was employed as a set-rider. On the day of the accident he was crushed between the first and second tubs of a set and dragged some distance up the drift. His spine was crushed and fractured, he also had internal injuries. |
| | | | | | | Maughan, Thomas, 01 Oct 1906, (accident: 28 Sep 1906), aged 63, Stoneman [More information ...] |
| | | | | | | Parkin, Watson, 12 May 1966, died from haemorrhages due to multiple injuries caused when he was struck by de-railed tubs [Inquest: 27 May 1966] |
| | | | | | | Race, George, 10 Apr 1945, aged 63, Hewer, exploding shot |
| | | | | | | Race, William, 30 May 1906, aged 32, deputy, When engaged drawing timber a heavy fall of roof occurred, killing him on the spot. An appliance for drawing timber was at hand, but was not used., Buried: West Auckland Cemetery |
| | | | | | | White, George, 18 Mar 1910, aged 57, Hewer, He had holed a split wall into an old upstanding bord room, in a seam rising 14 inches per yard. The seam was 6 feet thick, and the bottom section 2½ feet in thickness, had been removed the full width of the place — 3 yards. He had set a jud prop under the middle of the hanging coal, and had drilled and charged a hole to shoot down the top section, but had not withdrawn the pricker, when all the coal with the exception of about 8 inches near to the roof canted out the jud prop and fell on to him. He died on the way home |
| | | | | | | Wilkinson, Stephen, 02 Dec 1910, aged 18, Incline Lad, due to a putter neglecting to place a loose chock across the top of a short dilly bank dipping 10 inches per yard, a full tub which he had left on a flat 4 yards from the chock got amain and collided with a full tub at the dilly bottom 13 yards away, causing the latter to run amain down the next dilly. This tub on reaching the bottom crashed into a full tub attached to the rope and then rebounded across into the level and crushed the deceased against a prop. There was apparently considerable laxity in the use of the chocks, which should have been put across the road as soon as every empty tub reached the bank head, and if this had been done the accident would not have occurred |
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| | 13 names found | | | | | |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the _Durham Advertiser_and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brusselton Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Brusselton Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), 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
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1947 The 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in West Auckland Cemetery
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Victoria History of the Counties of England � Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
Related Links:
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Newspaper articles |
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Brusselton Colliery