Bilston, West Midlands Coal Mines.

[natalie369]

Hope I am putting this in the right section, sorry if not and please remove.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of mines in these parts, in Bradley in particular......
Capponfield and
 Highfields Colliery TC (Thick Coal) Workings
Highfields and Curbirch Colliery Thick Coal
 Workings

Also, beside the interpretive report you get form the Coal Authority, how else may you be able to find if a mine shaft is capped or filled etc, and not just "unknown" or "unavailable".

I hope someone will be able to offer some assistance, thanks.

[John]

Dec 12, 2014 2:40:20 GMT -5 natalie369 said:

Hope I am putting this in the right section, sorry if not and please remove.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of mines in these parts, in Bradley in particular......
Capponfield and
 Highfields Colliery TC (Thick Coal) Workings
Highfields and Curbirch Colliery Thick Coal
 Workings

Also, beside the interpretive report you get form the Coal Authority, how else may you be able to find if a mine shaft is capped or filled etc, and not just "unknown" or "unavailable".

I hope someone will be able to offer some assistance, thanks.

There are hundreds of "unknown" shafts around the UK from all sorts of mineral mining. One source of shafts is Ordinance survey maps, but alas, pre the law requiring all mine workings to be surveyed, many shafts had been abandoned, some with just heavy timbers across them, others just left and forgotten.

I'll see what I can come up with on your named collieries, if they were pre NCB, I doubt I'll have anything in my notes.

[natalie369]

Hello, thanks for taking the time to reply.
As far as I know these mine were closed in 1900. To tell the truth, we have just found out we have two mine shafts next to us in the next doors gardens. They were never mentioned on the original CA mining report in 2009 when we bought our house, now when nearly finalized selling our house our prospective buyers mining report for our house comes back as being next to mineshafts.

I know this is not an advice forum, but no harm in trying here I thought. I have just ordered these for all the use it will probably be..... www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/staffs6704.htm

Anyway, thanks for offering to look, hope you come up with something.

[John]

Dec 12, 2014 2:40:20 GMT -5 natalie369 said:

Hope I am putting this in the right section, sorry if not and please remove.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of mines in these parts, in Bradley in particular......
Capponfield and
 Highfields Colliery TC (Thick Coal) Workings
Highfields and Curbirch Colliery Thick Coal
 Workings

Also, beside the interpretive report you get form the Coal Authority, how else may you be able to find if a mine shaft is capped or filled etc, and not just "unknown" or "unavailable".

I hope someone will be able to offer some assistance, thanks.

I had a look and I have no information on those collieries, if they were in operation after the mid 1800's, then the Coal Authority will have abandonment plans of them, showing shafts and workings "overlaid' with surface features.

[bulwellbrian]

Dec 17, 2014 12:41:03 GMT -5 John said:

Dec 12, 2014 2:40:20 GMT -5 natalie369 said:

Hope I am putting this in the right section, sorry if not and please remove.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of mines in these parts, in Bradley in particular......
Capponfield and
 Highfields Colliery TC (Thick Coal) Workings
Highfields and Curbirch Colliery Thick Coal
 Workings

Also, beside the interpretive report you get form the Coal Authority, how else may you be able to find if a mine shaft is capped or filled etc, and not just "unknown" or "unavailable".

I hope someone will be able to offer some assistance, thanks.

I had a look and I have no information on those collieries, if they were in operation after the mid 1800's, then the Coal Authority will have abandonment plans of them, showing shafts and workings "overlaid' with surface features.

There is a Highfields Colliery Coal Wharf on the canal at Bilston, Wolverhampton and also a place called the Capponfield Stop close by. Baggeridge Colliery at Gospel End near Sedgeley was the last to work in the Black Country closing in 1968. It worked the South Staffordshire Thick coal.