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Blagill Colliery
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| Location: | Alston 1½ miles [3 km] ENE of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87) NY742475, 54° 49' 18" N, 2° 24' 1" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1952 |
| Owners: | 1880s - Wilson, Dickinson & Co. |
| 1890s - W. D. Stephens & Co. | |
| 1900s - Alston & Nentforce Limestone Quarry Co. | |
| 1930s - Walton's Alston Lime & Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| 1905 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1940 - Coal: Anthracite. | |
| 1944 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1948 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1948 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1949 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1950 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1951 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1952 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1902 - 4 |
| 1905 - 3 | |
| 1938 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1940 - 13 (11 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1944 - 1 [Abandoned 2/44] | |
| 1948 - 12 (9 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1948 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1949 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1950 - 13 (12 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1951 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1952 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Little Limestone Coal |
| 1940 - Little Limestone | |
| 1944 - Little Limestone [Abandoned 2/44] | |
| 1948 - Little Limestone | |
| 1948 - Little Limestone | |
| 1949 - Little Limestone | |
| 1950 - Little Limestone | |
| 1951 - Little Limestone | |
| 1952 - Little Limestone | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Blagill Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1944, Feb - Little Limestone 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 Blagill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Blagill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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