In message <000901bfc10a$54913760$c2e4fc3e@mark>, Mark Smith
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> Can anyone provide me with a location plus sinking and closure
> dates for Round Green Colliery. It is possible that it was in
> Yorks. but I can't be sure of this.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark Smith
Again mainly negative information.
Neither Round Green Colliery nor Round Green Opencast Site is mentioned
in the 1950 Guide to the Coalfields.
I have a geological map of the Yorkshire Coalfield showing principal
(200 or so) collieries. It doesn't appear there.
I can't find it in either of the Barnsley Pits books which I have.
There are three fatal accidents which are in my (admittedly not
complete) database of colliery fatalities.
08 December 1910
Parker, Fenwick Collier 32
Round Green Colliery
West Riding of Yorkshire
Round Green Colliery Company Limited
"He was cutting the top coal in a working face when a large piece of the
coal fell upon him and injured him so seriously that he died in a few
hours. The fall was due to a ""slip"" in the coal. The ""slip"" should
have been noticed and more timber set."
28 July 1911
Jones, John William Collier 28
Round Green Colliery
West Riding of Yorkshire
Round Green Colliery Company Limited
Two colliers withdrew two sprags supporting some overhanging coal, and
then used a bar and attempted to pull the coal down. They failed to pull
it and were re-setting the two sprags when a ton of coal fell and killed
deceased.
31 December 1913
Page, Walter Trammer 19
Round Green Colliery
Yorkshire
Round Green Colliery Company Limited
He was crushed between a full tub and a prop in a short tramming jig.
There was no contravention of the Act, but the method adopted for the
passing of the tubs was poor. The empty tub had to be detached from the
rope and turned over, the full tub lowered a few yards, and then the
empty turned back and re-attached to the rope.
To get closure date and possibly more information may I suggest you
contact the Mining Record Office near Burton, who hold the abandonment
plans.
Otherwise I would have thought it would be worth your while to contact
the Yorkshire Mining Museum and also John Goodchild, who is or was a
librarian at Wakefield Library with a knowledge of mining history.
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Dave Williams - [log in to unmask]
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