Wood Drift

Location:

Camerton

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

13 Oct 1938

Owners:

1900's - Camerton Colliery & Brickworks Co.

1910's - Camerton Coal & Firebrick Co.

Output:

1902 - Coal: Household, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay.

1914 - Coal: Household, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay.

1921 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.

1925 - Coal: Gas, Household. Fireclay.

1930 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1902	117	114	3
1914	213	181	32
1921	112	91	21
1925	236	176	60
1930	69	46	23
1934	57	42	15

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1914 - Fireclay, Lickbank, Low Main

1921 - Fireclay, Lickbank, Low Main

1925 - Fireclay, Lickbank, Little Main, Upper Three Quarters

1930 - Fireclay, Ganister, Lickbank, Little Main

1934 - Lickbank

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wood Drift

Notes:

1938, 13 Oct - Lickbank, Lower Fireclay, Lower Ganister seams abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Fearon, William Walter, 08 Jun 1907, (accident: 05 Jun 1907), aged 45, Hewer [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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.
1925 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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