Gairs Colliery

Location:

Brampton
10 miles [16 km] NW of Alston

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, OL43) NY585554, 54° 53' 30" N, 2° 38' 49" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1910's - Naworth Coal Co.

Output:

1914 - Coal: Household.

1921 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1923 - Coal: Steam.

1924 - Coal: Steam.

1925 - Coal: Steam.

1927 - Coal: Steam.

1929 - Coal: Steam.

1930 - Coal: Steam.

1934 - Coal: Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1914	174	148	26
1921	231	180	51
1923	192	148	44
1924	210	166	44
1925	83	55	28
1927	128	98	30
1929	91	78	13
1930	103	77	26
1934	15	9	6

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Little Limestone Coal

1921 - Little Limestone Coal

1923 - Little Limestone Coal

1924 - Little Limestone Coal

1925 - Little Limestone Coal

1927 - Little Limestone

1929 - Little Limestone

1930 - Little Limestone

1934 - Little Limestone

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gairs Colliery

Notes:

1936, 05 Sep - Little Limestone seam abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gairs Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gairs Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1925 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.



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