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Burnhouse Colliery
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| Location: | Coanwood 7½ miles [12 km] NNW of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY709588, 54° 55' 23" N, 2° 27' 15" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1950 |
| Owners: | 1910's - Burnhouse Coal Co. |
| 1920's - George Kennedy | |
| 1940's - John Kennedy | |
| Output: | 1914 - Coal: Household. |
| 1927 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| 1929 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1934 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1948 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1949 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |
| 1951 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1952 - Coal: Coking. | |
| 1953 - Coal: Coking. | |
| Employment: | 1914 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) |
| 1927 - 1 | |
| 1929 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1930 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1934 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1940 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1945 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1948 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1949 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1950 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1951 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1952 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1953 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) [Terminated] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Two Foot |
| 1927 - Two Feet | |
| 1929 - Two Feet | |
| 1930 - Two Feet | |
| 1934 - Two Feet | |
| 1940 - Two Feet | |
| 1948 - Craig Nook, Three Quarter | |
| 1949 - Three Quarter | |
| 1950 - Craig Nook, Three Quarter | |
| 1951 - Three Quarter | |
| 1952 - Three Quarter | |
| 1953 - Three Quarter [Terminated] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Burnhouse Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1910 - Yard seam abandoned |
1915 - Two Feet seam abandoned |
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1931, 03 Jun - Slag seam abandoned |
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1945 - Wellsyke seam abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Burnhouse Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Burnhouse Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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Related Links:
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