Organiser of online talk derbyshire coal mining records for local and family history derbyshire record office is derbyshire county councils archives and local studies service. we look after derbyshires history, with original archives dating back 900 years, and published material about the county from prehistory to the modern day.
From the pennsylvania state archives, listings of coal mine accidents in pennsylvania from approx. 18991972. pennsylvania mining accidents 1814 1986 sherard gerald sherards compilation of records culled from the annual reports of mines and other sources.
View locations and permit information on thousands of mapped surface and underground coal and minerals mines in ohio. information can be accessed by either enteringtreet address for the area of interest or by zooming in on the area and clicking on mining features. mines of ohio data is available for download, ontatewide basis.
About pennsylvania, u.s., coal employment records, 19001954 the lehigh coal and navigation company lcnc was formed in 1820 byerger of the lehigh coal company and the lehigh navigation company. both had been founded in 1818 by josiah white, erskine hazard, and george f. hauto.
Coal authority records this utilitarian guide to coal authority records details what official coalmining data is available for researchers, how to access undigitised coalmining records, costs and charges, as well as how to request further information.
Coal mining records for family historians records for family historians with ancestors employed in the coalmining industry many of our users are interested in discovering information about ancestors who were coalminers or worked in the coalmining industry. we hold extensive collections.
Where found. the national archives series coal, records created or inherited by the national coal board and of related bodies concerning the coal industry including nationalised coal board and inspectors reports into mining disasters and surveys, maps and photographs. county record offices individual colliery and mining company records including deposited.
Findange of current and historical data for individual mines using our data sources and calculator tools. visit our fatality reports page to access current and historical mine fatality information. find summaries of important msha data on our statistics page. browse our reports page to find reports about accidents, injuries, employment and coal production totals.
The first government records of coal production in the state of illinois covered the year 1883 and show the amount mined that year as 6,000 tons. in 1934, 101 years later, the amount produced in this state was in excess of 40,000,000 tons, of which total 6,222,000 tons was produced by strip mine operations.
Data search. documents available online include nonconfidential documents for coal, minerals, and prospecting permits as well as historical mining books. please note that documents for sites released from jurisdiction prior to january 1, 2002 are not available electronically. records for those sites are available at the colorado state.
For those of us northeasterners with coal mining ancestors, there is another littleknown tool available to pinpoint their movements beyond certificates, the census returns, and parish registers the existence of the miners bond. to use this tool, you need not visit any distant record repository or consult any learned tome or index.
Records in boxes 14 contain business records. the business is not identified, but is presumed to be that of the boyd excelsior fuel company or its descendant. records in boxontainopy ofeport on coal mining activities, various final logs, assays, and other records. records in boxontain payroll records.
Links to pdf versions of pennsylvania coal mine accident registers, providing documentation on mining accidents for the commonwealths anthracite and bituminous coal districts, are listed above. the information contained within each report changed over time, withew additional columns of data included in the later reports, as the volume of.
Pennsylvania mining resources. mining in pennsylvania wasell regulated industry after the avondale mine disaster in 1869.details of mining accidents, fatal and nonfatal, can be found in the volumes of the commonwealth of pennsylvania mine inspector reports.publications began in 1870 and continues today however, the reports are only genealogically useful until the 1920s.
Published since the 1870s this report contains production statistics, mine names, locations, owner information, and accident statistics. prior to the mid1880s the reports for anthracite and bituminous coal were produced by separate agencies therefore early reports for bituminous coal are available as part iii industrial statistics of the annual report of the bureau of.
The mining village, owned lock, stock and barrel by the south hetton coal company, was virtually complete by the time of the 1891 census. council housing came in the 1920s. in 1947 279 of the old colliery houses were demolished by the local council. this more or less coincided with the birth of peterlee new town.
The alabama coal mine fatalities database consists of 2,188 records compiled by the staff of the government documents department using available annual reports of alabama mine inspectors from 1898 through 1938. gendisasters.com. alabama mining.
Organiser of online talk derbyshire coal mining records for local and family history derbyshire record office is derbyshire county councils archives and local studies service. we look after derbyshires history, with original archives dating back 900 years, and published material about the county from prehistory to the modern day.
Historic mining records usgs new york has 646 identified mines listed in the diggings. the most commonly listed primary commodities in new york mines are ironeadnd titaniumt the time these mines were surveyed, 140 mines in new york were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole.
70.14 records of the federal coal mine safety board of review 195270 70.15 records of the strip and surface mining study policy committee 196370 bulk 196567 70.16 cartographic records general 194270 70.17 motion pictures 70.18 video recordings general ca. 19701986 70.19.
The mine records are divided by surface coal mining application or surface coal mining correspondencecanned applications are organized by surface coal mining regulations rule number 116154 and then by supplement number. scanned correspondence is organized by subject file. oversize this is used to describeink toarge format map.
Towneley coal and fireclay company ltd. nctf tyldesley coal company ltd. nctc wigan coal and iron company ltd. ncwi ddx 127 wigan coal corporation ltd. ncwc wigan junction company ltd. ncwj records covering assorted companies amp h.q. amp region ncz, nc. date 19th20th centuries related material other mining records.
The utah coal mining history records 18701996 consist of correspondence, research materials, newspaper clippings, congressional documents, maps, and essays relating to the utah coal mining industry. these materials pertain to minority miners, mining hazards, mining labor history, and various social and economic issues.
Records containing personal names and, in some cases, other information relating to coal miners and other colliery workers are listed below. the list is arranged alphabetically by colliery, with the records which do not relate to individual collieries at the end of the sequence colliery personnel records, arranged az by colliery name.
Website credits. these mining reports document the productivity and efforts of hardworking pennsylvania miners past and present. this website is dedicated to the more than 51,000 pennsylvania miners who died working these mines and quarries, to those that survived, and to those that continue this dangerous work today. robin g. lighty.
The main obligation to keep the mine record is placed on the operator of the coal mine by section 68 of the coal mining safety and health act 1999 as follows mine record 68.1oal mine operator foroal mine must keepine record that includesll reports of, and findings and recommendations resulting from,.
Coal mining records. title kentucky miners defense collection, records, 19311936. description 2.5 linear ft.oxes notes the records contain extensive trial transcripts, several press releases and photographs relating to the defense of miners tried for conspiring to murder three coal company guards in evarts, harlan county, kentucky may.
For example, under surface coal mining correspondence enter historical in the subject search field and click search. this will bring up all the records with the word historical in the subject. viewideo on how to search the online coal mining records.
Our records span several centuries, with the earliest surviving lease ofoal mine dated 1316 and concerningine in cossall owned by the willoughby family mi43. this is one of many documents relating to small mines situated on landed estates, which are an important resource for local, economic and social history.
The mining records office housesollection of coal abandonment plans, covering both opencast and deep mining operations, which depict areas of coal extraction and the point of entry into the.
Coal miner records. the pennsylvania state archives hold numerous collections which pertain to persons either employed in or in some way associated with the anthracite hard coal and bituminous soft coal mining industries of the commonwealth. the anthracite fields stretch for nearly 500 square miles across portions of northeastern pennsylvania, while the bituminous.