	Borrowdale Colliery	Index	Borrowdale Colliery

Borrowdale Colliery

Location:	Brough 20½ miles [33 km] SSE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91, 92) NY831159, 54° 32' 18" N, 2° 15' 37" W
Opened:
Closed:	Dec 1934
Owners:	1880s - Executors of Thomas Walton
	1880s - North Stainmore Mining Co.
	1890s - J. B. Walton
	1920s - Mrs. E. S. Walton
Output:	1888 - Borrowdale - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1902 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1921 - Coal: Household.
	1923 - Coal: Household.
	1924 - Coal: Household.
	1925 - Coal: Household.
	1927 - Coal: Household.
	1929 - Coal: Household.
	1930 - Coal: Household.
	1934 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1883 - 10
	1894 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface)
	1896 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface)
	1900 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface)
	1902 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface)
	1905 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface)
	1910 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface)
	1915 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface)
	1921 - 13 (12 below, 1 surface)
	1923 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface)
	1924 - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
	1925 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
	1927 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface)
	1929 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
	1930 - 6
	1933 - 6
	1934 - 0 [Abandoned 12/34]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Limestone Series
	1915 - Limestone Series
	1921 - Limestone Series
	1923 - 18 Inch
	1924 - 18 Inch
	1925 - 18 Inch
	1927 - 18 Inch
	1929 - 14 Inch
	1930 - 14 Inch
	1934 - Twelve Inch [Abandoned 12/34]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Borrowdale Colliery
Notes:	1934, 06 Jul - Borrowdale seam 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!

						Steel, William, 06 Feb 1873, aged 26, killed by a fall of coal from the roof

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Borrowdale Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Borrowdale Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1933 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
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks