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  Wythemoor Colliery  Index  Wythemoor Colliery  

Wythemoor Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Distington
5½ miles [9 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref: (Sheet 89, OL04) NY035247, 54° 36' 29" N, 3° 29' 39" W
Opened:
Closed: 1923
Owners: 1880's - Wythemoor Colliery Co.
1910's - Wythemoor Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output: 1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
1914 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1921 - Coal: Coking, Household.
1923 - Coal: Coking, Household.
Employment: 1914 - 89 (72 below, 17 surface)
1921 - 41 (27 below, 14 surface) [Standing]
1923 - 0 [Abandoned]
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3
1921 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Four Foot [Standing]
1923 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Four Foot [Abandoned]
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wythemoor Colliery


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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

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

      

Allen, James, 20 Dec 1913, aged 38, Hewer, deceased was filling his tub at the working face, when a large stone fell out from between two slips which could not be seen previous to the fall, and killed him

      

Gibson, John Westgarth, 16 Sep 1909, aged 44, Drifter, cage moved away while he was getting on top of it at mid-workings

 
  2 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wythemoor Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wythemoor Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
  • 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 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.

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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