West Lancashire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
Britain's Active Mining History Society
From the Tables compiled by Henry Hall, H.M.Inspector for the Liverpool District in his Report for 1896
Name of Mine | Situation | Owner and Postal Address | Manager | Under-
| Workers | Minerals Worked | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U/G | Sur. | |||||||
Abram, "Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5" |
Bickershaw |
Abram Coal Co. Ltd., Bickershaw, Wigan |
James Tickle |
959 |
270 |
Coal |
||
Alexandra |
St. Helens |
St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
William Arnold |
William Pendlebury |
Coal |
|||
Alexandra |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
James Leigh |
548 |
107 |
Coal |
|
Alliance |
Wigan |
Alliance Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
Thomas Marsden |
Thomas Walls |
132 |
36 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Amberswood |
Wigan |
Hindley Coal, Brick, and Tile Co., Hindley |
Joseph Farrimond |
39 |
10 |
Coal, H, M & S |
Discontinued |
|
Amberswood, "Nos. 1 & 3" |
Wigan |
Moss Collieries Co., Platt Bridge, Wigan |
William Lloyd |
274 |
65 |
Coal, H & M |
||
Arley |
Wigan |
John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley Green, Wigan |
James Walls |
161 |
76 |
Coal |
||
Arley Yard |
Wigan |
John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley Green, Wigan |
James Walls |
140 |
14 |
Coal |
||
Ashton |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Peter Gorton |
Thomas Lomax |
211 |
42 |
Coal |
|
Ashton's Green, "No. 2" |
St. Helen's |
Bromilow, Foster, and Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Thos. Pennington |
122 |
23 |
Coal |
||
Ashton's Green, "No. 3" |
St. Helen's |
Bromilow, Foster, and Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Thos. Pennington |
261 |
60 |
Coal |
||
Ashton's Green, "No. 5" |
St. Helen's |
Bromilow, Foster, and Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Thos. Pennington |
360 |
67 |
Coal |
||
Aspull Pumping |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
John Johnson |
10 |
14 |
Coal |
|
Bamfurlong, "No. 1" |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
J.W. Hutchinson |
John Foster |
124 |
20 |
Coal |
|
Bamfurlong, "No. 3" |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
J.W. Hutchinson |
John Hall |
246 |
74 |
Coal |
|
Bamfurlong, "No. 4" |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
J.W. Hutchinson |
Joseph Yates; Robert Green |
519 |
127 |
Coal |
|
Bawkhouse |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Edmund Smith |
1 |
2 |
Coal |
|
Bickershaw, "No. 1" |
Leigh |
Ackers, Whitley, and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Joseph Goulden |
447 |
64 |
Coal |
||
Bickershaw, "No. 2" |
Leigh |
Ackers, Whitley, and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
Henry Barton |
453 |
64 |
Coal |
||
Bickershaw, "No. 3" |
Leigh |
Ackers, Whitley, and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
William Bootle |
608 |
64 |
Coal |
||
Bickershaw, "No. 4" |
Leigh |
Ackers, Whitley, and Co. Ltd., Leigh, Manchester |
William Bootle |
577 |
64 |
Coal |
||
Bickerstaffe |
Skelmersdale |
Bromilow, Foster, and Co., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
John Foster |
William Moss |
209 |
39 |
Coal |
|
Birchley |
Billinge, Wigan |
H. Atherton, Birchley, Wigan |
17 |
5 |
Coal, H |
|||
Bispham Hall |
Billinge, Wigan |
William Hilton, Bispham Hall Colliery, Billinge, Wigan |
W. Littler |
46 |
8 |
Coal, H |
||
Bold, "No. 2" |
Earlstown |
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd., Earlstown |
Andrew Jackson |
Henry Reynolds |
470 |
77 |
Coal |
|
Bold, "No. 3" |
Earlstown |
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd., Earlstown |
Andrew Jackson |
William Jones |
434 |
76 |
Coal |
|
Bridge |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Michael Burns |
1 |
1 |
Coal |
|
Broomfield |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
Henry farrimond |
59 |
46 |
Coal |
|
Billinge Lane |
Billinge |
Winstanley Collieries Co. Ltd., Wigan |
E.R. Davies |
William Burgess |
446 |
149 |
Coal |
|
Brynn Hall, "No. 1" |
Ashton |
Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
Samuel Gregory |
Chas. Lancaster |
284 |
46 |
Coal |
|
Brynn Hall, "No. 2" |
Ashton |
Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
Samuel Gregory |
Reuben France |
351 |
53 |
Coal |
|
Brynn Hall, "No. 3" |
Ashton |
Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
Samuel Gregory |
Reuben France |
33 |
2 |
Coal |
|
Brynn Hall, "No. 4 & 5" |
Ashton |
Brynn Hall Colliery Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
Samuel Gregory |
Reuben France |
71 |
15 |
Coal |
|
Bye Pit |
Wigan |
Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Pemberton, Wigan |
William J. Greener |
Daniel Toman |
203 |
10 |
Coal |
Further 205 employed Coking, Workshops, etc. |
Carrs |
Prescot |
Carrs Colliery Co. Ltd., Prescot |
John Atherton |
90 |
24 |
Coal, G, H & S |
||
Chapel House, "No. 3" |
Skelmersdale |
Executors of the late Ed. Smith, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Samuel Brierley |
Joseph Berry |
121 |
27 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Chapel House, "No. 4" |
Skelmersdale |
Executors of the late Ed. Smith, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Samuel Brierley |
John Horracks |
140 |
26 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Clock Face |
St. Helens |
The Bold Hall Estate Ltd., Bold, St. Helens |
Richard Marsh |
50 |
42 |
Coal |
Sinking |
|
Collins Green, "No. 1" |
Earlestown |
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd., Earlestown |
Andrew Jackson |
James Cunliffe |
384 |
73 |
Coal |
|
Collins Green, "No. 2" |
Earlestown |
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd., Earlestown |
Andrew Jackson |
Robert Holcroft |
239 |
42 |
Coal |
|
Crawford, "No. 1" |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
James Hough |
505 |
60 |
Coal |
|
Crawford, "No. 2" |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Michael Burns |
369 |
82 |
Coal |
|
Crop and Deep |
St. Helens |
St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
William Arnold |
Robert Farrington |
385 |
123 |
Coal |
|
Deep Pit, "No. 1" |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
George Moody |
Henry Lomax |
206 |
39 |
Coal |
|
Deep Pit, "No. 2" |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Peter Gorton |
Henry Smally & Thomas Lomax |
336 |
34 |
Coal |
Further 137 employed at Workshops, etc. |
Douglas Bank, North |
Wigan |
Rosebridge and Douglas Bank Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John House |
Walter House |
186 |
62 |
Coal |
|
Douglas Bank, South |
Wigan |
Rosebridge and Douglas Bank Colliery Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John House |
John Heathcote |
409 |
61 |
Coal |
|
Dukes |
Wigan |
Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan |
Alfred Lymm |
James Ball |
90 |
50 |
Coal |
|
East Cannel |
Wigan |
The Ince Coal and Cannel Co. |
John Cartwright |
230 |
24 |
Coal |
||
Eccleston Hall |
St. Helens |
Worsley Mesnes Colliery Co., Wigan |
John Corner |
George Morris |
205 |
32 |
Coal |
|
Edge Green |
Golborne |
Richd. Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
George Prescot |
247 |
35 |
Coal |
||
Edith and Mabel |
Wigan |
Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan |
Alfred Lymm |
John Ince |
263 |
70 |
Coal |
|
Elms |
Wigan |
Wigan Cannel Colliery Ltd., Boar's Head |
C.M. Irving |
James Worthington |
124 |
46 |
Coal |
|
Engine |
Wigan |
John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley Green, Wigan |
Thomas Oakes |
Godfrey Hardy |
94 |
14 |
Coal |
|
Frodsham |
St. Helens |
Liverpool and St. Helens Brick and Coal Co. Ltd., Ravenhead, St. Helens |
Henry Knight |
30 |
12 |
Coal, M & S |
||
Garswood Hall, "No. 1" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
William Ince |
92 |
44 |
Coal |
|
Garswood Hall, "No. 2" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
Thomas E. Webb |
359 |
142 |
Coal |
|
Garswood Hall, "No. 4" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
William Ince |
54 |
10 |
Coal |
|
Garswood Hall, "No. 5" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
William Fletcher |
418 |
95 |
Coal |
|
Garswood Hall, "No. 6" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
Nathaniel Johnson |
255 |
92 |
Coal |
|
Garswood Hall, "No. 7" |
Ashton |
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd., Ashton, Wigan |
James McGeever |
Nathaniel Johnson |
74 |
24 |
Coal |
|
Giants Hall , "Nos. 1, 2 & 3" |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
William Robinson |
287 |
64 |
Coal |
|
Gidlow |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
John Culshaw |
254 |
44 |
Coal |
|
Gidlow and Swinley |
Wigan |
Ryland, Sons, and Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred Shaw |
James Critchley and Thomas Parkinson |
155 |
50 |
Coal |
|
Golborne, "No. 1" |
Golborne |
Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
James Cunliffe |
William Yates |
205 |
39 |
Coal |
|
Golborne, "No. 2" |
Golborne |
Richard Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
James Cunliffe |
Richard Potter |
101 |
22 |
Coal |
|
Hindley Field |
Golborne |
Hindley Field Coal Co. Ltd., Bickershaw, Wigan |
John George Guy |
James Green |
157 |
38 |
Coal |
|
Hindley Green, Six Feet |
Wigan |
John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley Green, Wigan |
James Walls |
2 |
0 |
Coal |
||
Holland, "Nos. 6 & 9" |
Upholland |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale |
Paul Lea |
William Brown |
28 |
50 |
Coal |
|
Hussey House |
Wigan |
John Hart, Hindley, Wigan |
5 |
4 |
Coal, H & M |
|||
Huyton |
Huyton |
Huyton Colliery Co., Huyton, near Liverpool |
Thomas Large |
Coal, H |
Boring |
|||
Ince Hall, "Nos. 1 and 2" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
William Hampson |
Thomas Walsh |
182 |
36 |
Coal |
|
Ince Park Lane |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
James Gilroy |
William Speakman and James Tipping |
486 |
62 |
Coal |
|
John |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
Thomas Robinson |
104 |
19 |
Coal |
|
King Pit |
Wigan |
Jonathan Blundell and Sons, Pemberton, Wigan |
William J. Greener |
Daniel Toman |
458 |
32 |
Coal |
|
Kirkless |
Aspull |
Kirkless Colliery Co., Aspull, Wigan |
Joseph Carter |
62 |
22 |
Coal, H & M |
||
Kirkless, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Joseph Lee |
3 |
2 |
Coal |
|
Ladies Lane, "Nos. 1, 2 & 4" |
Hindley |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Thos. G. Dobb |
William Broadhurst and Peter Kenyon |
282 |
40 |
Coal |
|
Langtree |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
Henry Farrimond |
357 |
44 |
Coal |
|
Lawn's Delf |
Upholland |
John Laithwaite, Upholland, Wigan |
7 |
3 |
Coal, M |
|||
Lea Green |
St. Helens |
Sutton Heath and Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
James Robinson |
William Cheetham |
350 |
35 |
Coal |
|
Lea Green (New Pits) |
St. Helens |
Sutton Heath and Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
James Robinson |
William Foster |
368 |
103 |
Coal |
|
Legh Pit |
Haydock |
Richd. Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
Joseph Watkinson |
John Millington |
257 |
33 |
Coal |
|
Lilly Lane |
Golborne |
Richd. Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
George Prescott |
James Prescot |
46 |
8 |
Coal |
|
Lindsay, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Moses Ramsdale |
296 |
63 |
Coal |
|
Lindsay, "No. 3" |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
James Leigh |
1 |
1 |
Coal |
|
Long Lane, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
William Clark |
Thomas Martland |
347 |
78 |
Coal |
|
Long Lane, Four Feet |
Hindley Green |
Swan Lane, Brick and Coal Co., Hindley Green, Wigan |
James Pendlebury |
John Morris |
200 |
16 |
Coal |
|
Long Lane, Three Feet |
Hindley Green |
Swan Lane, Brick and Coal Co., Hindley Green, Wigan |
James Pendlebury |
John Yates |
56 |
47 |
Coal |
|
Low Hall, "No. 5" |
Wigan |
Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Arthur Rushton |
William Picton; Richard Owen |
262 |
49 |
Coal |
|
Low Hall, "No. 6" |
Wigan |
Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Howard Burrows |
174 |
49 |
Coal |
||
Low Hall, "No. 8" |
Wigan |
Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Howard Burrows |
John Cunliffe |
124 |
49 |
Coal |
|
Mains, "No. 1" |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
J.W. Hutchinson |
Thomas Welsh |
266 |
46 |
Coal |
|
Mains, "No. 2" |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
J.W. Hutchinson |
Ismay Robinson |
278 |
68 |
Coal |
|
Maypole |
Wigan |
Cross, Tetley, and Co. Ltd., Bamfurlong, Wigan |
R.F. Clark |
44 |
51 |
Coal |
Sinking |
|
Meadow |
Haigh |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
Edmund Smith |
15 |
21 |
Coal |
|
Meadows |
Wigan |
Lamb and Moore, Wigan |
George E. Scarborough |
R.T. Mears; Robt. White |
222 |
72 |
Coal |
|
Middle Pits |
Ashton, Wigan |
Garswood Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
George Moody |
J.G. Moody |
325 |
44 |
Coal |
|
Moor, "No. 5" |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
John Johnson |
2 |
5 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 1" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
William Hampson |
Ralph Eastham |
277 |
26 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 2" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
William Hampson |
Saull Ennion; William Aspinall |
280 |
44 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 3" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
James Elce |
James Farrington; Edward Catterall |
404 |
47 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 4" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
James Elce |
John Stopford |
420 |
37 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 5" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
James Elce |
Hy. Talbot |
225 |
41 |
Coal |
|
Moss, "No. 6" |
Wigan |
Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
James Elce |
Henry Birchall |
493 |
56 |
Coal |
|
Moss |
Skelmersdale |
Bromilow, Foster, & Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
John Foster |
Thomas Jackson |
12 |
30 |
Coal |
|
New Boston |
Haydock |
Richd. Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
James Cook |
Saml. Cook |
228 |
41 |
Coal |
|
Newton |
Haydock |
Richd. Evans and Co. Ltd., Haydock, St. Helens |
Joseph watkinson |
Chas. Sinister |
355 |
50 |
Coal |
|
Newtown |
Wigan |
Lamb and Moore, Wigan |
George E. Scarborough |
Robert white |
3 |
10 |
Coal |
|
Norley,"No. 2" |
Wigan |
Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
Sydney Swift |
124 |
16 |
Coal |
||
Norley, "No. 3" |
Wigan |
Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
Sydney Swift |
15 |
3 |
Coal |
||
Norley, "No. 4" |
Wigan |
Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
Sydney Swift |
89 |
14 |
Coal |
||
Norley, "No. 5" |
Wigan |
Norley Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
Sydney Swift |
123 |
23 |
Coal |
Further 55 employed in Workshops, etc. |
|
Ravenhead |
St. Helens |
St. Helens Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
James Davies |
Samuel Lethbridge; Thomas Bradbury; Joseph Wright |
540 |
83 |
Coal |
|
Robin Hill |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
Henry farrimond |
1 |
4 |
Coal |
|
Rosebridge |
Wigan |
W. and T. Latham, Rosebridge Colliery, Wigan |
William Latham |
Thomas Latham |
108 |
17 |
Coal |
|
Saw Mills |
Wigan |
The Ince Coal and Cannel Co., Wigan |
John Cartwright |
William Taberner |
20 |
3 |
Coal |
|
Seven Feet |
Wigan |
Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan |
Alfred Lymn |
Henry Eatock |
72 |
45 |
Coal |
|
Sherdley |
St. Helens |
Whitecross Co. Ltd., Warrington |
Robert Turner |
R. Armstrong; J. French |
482 |
155 |
Coal |
|
Stonehouse |
Wigan |
John Scowcroft and Co. Ltd., Hindley Green, Wigan |
Thomas Oakes |
7 |
3 |
Coal |
||
Sutton Heath, "Nos. 2 & 3" |
St. Helens |
Sutton Heath and Lee Green Collieries Co. Ltd., St. Helens |
James Robinson |
James Foster; James Cottom |
244 |
34 |
Coal |
|
Swire |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
Richard Charnock |
0 |
3 |
Coal |
|
Tawd Vale, "No. 7" |
Skelmersdale |
Tawd Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
James Tinsley |
0 |
0 |
Coal |
Discontinued |
|
Tawd Vale, "No. 11" |
Skelmersdale |
Tawd Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
James Tinsley |
296 |
63 |
Coal |
||
Tawd Vale, "No. 12" |
Skelmersdale |
Tawd Vale Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
James Tinsley |
346 |
64 |
Coal |
||
Taylor |
Standish |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
John Dean |
John Gore |
356 |
57 |
Coal |
|
The Park, "No. 1" |
Ashton |
J. and R. Stone, Ashton, Newton-le-Willows |
R.S. Hilton |
William Hodgkiss |
282 |
75 |
Coal |
|
The Park, "No. 2" |
Ashton |
J. and R. Stone, Ashton, Newton-le-Willows |
R.S. Hilton |
Henry Pennington |
260 |
85 |
Coal |
|
Trafford |
Wigan |
Crompton and Shawcross, Wigan |
Alfred Lymn |
Ambrose Howarth; Ralph Ellam |
317 |
115 |
Coal |
|
Victoria |
Wigan |
Victoria Coal Co. Ltd., Bickershaw, Wigan |
Thomas Green |
12 |
8 |
Coal |
Sinking |
|
Whiston, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Prescot |
Wigan and Whiston Coal Co. Ltd., Prescot |
Arthur Britton |
Michael Corrigan; William Rutter |
441 |
70 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss |
Skelmersdale |
Earl of Lathom, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Henry Houghton |
Elias Woods |
96 |
23 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss Primrose |
Skelmersdale |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Paul Lea |
William Large |
168 |
8 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss, "No. 2" |
Skelmersdale |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Paul Lea |
Robert Jones |
69 |
20 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss Park |
Skelmersdale |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Paul Lea |
John Starkie |
145 |
56 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss, "No. 4" |
Skelmersdale |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Paul Lea |
William Sharples |
122 |
43 |
Coal |
|
Whitemoss, "No. 6" |
Skelmersdale |
Whitemoss Coal Co. Ltd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk |
Paul Lea |
Thos. Edwards |
294 |
57 |
Coal |
|
Wigan Junction |
Wigan |
Wigan Junction Colliery Co. Ltd., Abram, Wigan |
Isaac James |
John Holliday; William Waring |
289 |
109 |
Coal, G, H & S |
|
Windmill Dalton |
Upholland |
Windmill Colliery Co. Ltd., Upholland, Wigan |
10 |
3 |
Coal |
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Woodshaw |
Aspull |
Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., Wigan |
Alfred E. Webster |
John Unsworth |
132 |
40 |
Coal |
|
Worsley Mesnes, "Nos. 1 & 2" |
Wigan |
Worsley Mesnes Colliery Co., Wigan |
Robert A. Booth |
John Armstrong; Benjamin Thompson |
855 |
184 |
Coal |
|
Worthington Hall, "Nos. 1 and 2" |
Wigan |
Worthington Hall Coal and Cannel Co., Worthington, Wigan |
James Atherton |
106 |
28 |
Coal, H & M |
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Total |
34388 |
7572 |
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The initial letters attached to the word "Coal" in the column "Minerals Worked" indicate the kind of Coal produced, as C Coking Coal; G Gas Coal; H Household Coal; M Manufacturing Coal; S Steam Coal.
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