In 1933 James Gorner & Sons owned Hollin Hey Colliery,
Old Garswood, Wigan, which was closed in 3/33 and later
abandoned in 3/34.
John & Stanley Gorner owned Landgate Colliery, Park Lane,
bryn, Wigan.
Both seem to have been small concerns.
Russell Wear
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Coronation Mine, Rainford
> The only direct reference to Coronation Colliery,
> Rainford that springs to mind is online - taken from
> the 1938 Lists of Mines reproduced on Ian Winstanley's
> Coal Mining History Resource Centre website
> (www.cmhrc.co.uk/); it states that Coronation
> Colliery, in Rainford was owned by John Gorner of 35
> Victoria Rd, Garswood, Wigan; it lists it as being
> abandoned by that time, however.
>
> There are several Gorners involved in Coal mining and
> trade, I can't find any registered limited company
> references, only this slightly earlier entry from the
> London Gazette which may suggest the owner's
> provenance.
>
> 'In the Matter of a Deed of Assignment for the
> benefit of creditors executed on the 14th day
> of July, 1934, by JOHN GORNER, of 35, Victoria Road,
> Ashton in Makerfield, and STANLEY GORNER, of 224,
> Downall Green Road, Ashton in Makerfield, then trading
> as J. & S. Gorner, at Landgate Colliery, Park
> Lane, Ashton in Makerfield. THE creditors of the above
> named John Gorner and Stanley Gorner, trading as J. &
> S. Gorner,who have not already sent in their claims,
> are required on or before the 13th day of July, 1936,
> to send in their names, addresses and the particulars
> of their debts or claims, to me, the undersigned,
> Edward Whinray Johnson, of Arcade Chambers, Wigan,
> Chartered Accountant, the Trustee under the said deed,
> or in default thereof, they will be excluded from the
> benefit of the first and final dividend proposed to be
> declared. Dated this 13th day of June, 1936.
> (107) E. W. JOHNSON, Trustee.
>
> Gazette Issue 34294 published on the 16 June 1936
> p.3889
>
> In terms of mining in and around Rainford, just prior
> to the above, in 1934, Bromilow, Foster and Company
> Ltd were wound up; a large concern, they had at least
> two working seams at Rainford (nos 1 and 2 - See
> Winstanley's list of mines for 1908 and 1923);
>
> Similarly, a Rainford Coal Company Limited was also
> wound up in 1904. It ran Rainford Colliery as it was
> called, having origins in August 1866 - this is
> traceable from Company records and from the court case
> in which they were involved in 1896 (Jackson v
> Rainford Coal Co [1896]).
> Of interest here is a 'Wigan and Rainford Coal Company
> Ltd' which lasted from 1896-1901
>
> Miscellaneous other Rainford references, some of which
> mayor may not tie in with later developments, can be
> seen in the 1880 list of mines.
>
> Apart from the Wigan coalfield books mentioned, it may
> be that there is some passing reference to the
> Coronation/Rainford mineworkings in the 1938 edition
> of the Memoirs of the Geological Survey, for Wigan
> district (one-inch geological sheet 84, new series) by
> Jones, Tonks and Wright.
>
> SB wrote:
>
> I've had a query about Coronation Coal Mine,
> Rainsford. Any experts out there with knowledge of the
> Wigan coalfield? Please! (Jack Nadin's books on East
> Lancs and on the Blackburn area don't seem to cover
> the Wigan area.) Sallie Bassham
>
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