Hi Jacdee,
Take a look at
www.cmhrc.co.uk.
This is the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
They have lists of over 90,000 deaths in coal mining
from pre 1840 t0 1949. Find the National database
of deaths & injuries. and go to list of names, file 5,
1875-1879. If you contact them via the link,
they will also search for you.( a small donation is requested
but not mandatory)
Tomkin