Durham Mining Museum - Morton Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)
| Location: | Clay Cross16 miles [25 km] NNE of Derby |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK414604, 53° 8' 20" N, 1° 22' 52" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | Clay Cross Coal and Iron Co. |
| Clay Cross Co., Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. |
| 1894 - No. 6 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1896 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1896 - No. 6 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1905 - No. 6 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - No. 6 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - No. 6 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1947 - No. 5 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. (257,000 tons) | |
| Employment: | 1894 - No. 5 - 262 |
| 1894 - No. 6 - 448 (295 below, 153 surface) | |
| 1896 - No. 5 - 409 (270 below, 139 surface) | |
| 1896 - No. 6 - 329 | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - 421 (273 below, 148 surface) | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - 388 (248 below, 140 surface) | |
| 1905 - No. 5 - 309 | |
| 1905 - No. 6 - 541 (361 below, 180 surface) | |
| 1910 - No. 5 - 533 (395 below, 138 surface) | |
| 1910 - No. 6 - 414 (365 below, 49 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - 570 (412 below, 158 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 6 - 344 (265 below, 79 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 5 - 645 (527 below, 118 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 6 - 410 (334 below, 76 surface) | |
| 1933 - Nos, 5 and 6 - 932 (777 below, 155 surface) | |
| 1937 - Nos, 5 and 6 - 932 (777 below, 155 surface) | |
| 1940 - Nos, 5 and 6 - 830 (640 below, 190 surface) | |
| 1947 - No. 5 - 745 (586 below, 159 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - No. 5 - Silkstone |
| 1894 - No. 6 - Deep Hard | |
| 1896 - No. 5 - Silkstone | |
| 1896 - No. 6 - Deep Hard | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - Silkstone, Tupton | |
| 1900 - No. 5 - Deep Hard | |
| 1905 - No. 5 - Silkstone, Tupton | |
| 1905 - No. 6 - Deep Hard | |
| 1910 - No. 5 - Silkstone, Tupton | |
| 1910 - No. 6 - Deep Hard | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - Silkstone, Tupton | |
| 1915 - No. 6 - Deep Hard | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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| | | | Bough, Edward, 26 Apr 1904, aged 72, No occupation, Deceased committed suicide by falling down the shaft. He was not in the employ of the colliery company, and had been unemployed some years [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
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| | | | | | | Cooper, Thomas, 27 Aug 1868, aged 30, Labourer, Crushed by tub |
| | | | | | | Grey, William, 18 Mar 1868, aged 25, Collier, Fall of bind |
| | | | | | | Hadley, John, 06 Nov 1905, aged 14, Horse-driver, He fell while riding on the first tub of a train of five full tubs, and was killed. Riding was allowed (Deep hard coal seam) |
| | | | | | | Littlewood, Robert, 27 Apr 1901, aged 14, Horse driver, Deceased was moving a train of three empty and two full tubs, when he pushed them on to an inclined part of the roadway, where they overpowered him and ran away down the roadway, carrying deceased with them. One tub left the rails and fell on deceased (Silkstone coal) |
| | | | | | | Neale, John, 18 Mar 1869, aged 24, Collier, Fall of bind |
| | | | | | | Potts, George Adams, 08 Jan 1904, aged 22, Dataller, Fall of roof. Preparations were being made for firing a shot in the roof near a fault, when a portion of the roof fell and killed the deceased. The fall pushed several props out which had been set to support the roof (Silkstone coal) |
| | | | | | | Shore, George William, 29 Jan 1912, aged 52, Stallman, He was cleaning dirt from the floor of a gate road near to the edge of the ripping lip, when the roof fell and fatally injured him. Three minutes before the accident happened deceased had examined the roof and found it safe |
| | | | | | | Taylor, James, 31 Oct 1899, aged 45, Stallman, Fall of roof. Deceased was getting down coal from the face, when a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him. He died the same day (Deep hard coal) |
| | | | | | | Thorpe, Samuel, 15 Oct 1867, aged 14, Boy, Fall of bind |
| | | | | | | Tracy, William, 23 Jan 1868, aged 15, Collier, Fall of coal from side of heading |
| | | | | | | Webb, William, 23 Feb 1872, aged 30, Collier, Was in the sump when a bucket fell from the top and killed him |
| | | | | | | Whitmore, Frederick Ernest, 23 Mar 1899, (accident: 14 Dec 1898), aged 14, Horse driver, Deceased had a slight accident in the mine on 14th December 1898, and he died of acute consumption. He was a delicate boy, and the accident did not appear to have been the cause of his death [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
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| | 13 names found | | | | | |
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Credits
Sources:
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Midland District by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Midland District by Thomas Evans, 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
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1947 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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