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Brownrigg Colliery
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| Location: | Otterburn 19½ miles [31 km] NNW of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 80) NY854946, 55° 14' 43" N, 2° 13' 47" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Mar 1905 |
| Owners: | 1880s - John Dixon |
| 1880s - J. Armstrong | |
| 1890s - T. Armstrong | |
| 1900s - D. Armstrong | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal (Landsale). |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 7 (5 below, 2 surface) |
| 1896 - 13 (9 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 14 (11 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1902 - 15 (11 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1905 - 23 (20 below, 3 surface) [Abandoned March, 1905] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Limestone Coal [Abandoned March, 1905] |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Brownrigg Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1905, Mar - Inability to deal with influx of water |
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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!
 | Elliott, William, 13 Aug 1869, aged 21, Sinker, stythe in sinking pit [More information ...] | |||||
| Young, Robert, 24 Oct 1894, 9:00 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 36, Hewer, Suffocated by stythe. The deceased, it would seem, had gone into the place where he met his death either out of curiosity or to get something. He had been working there on the previous day with the owner of the mine, but, owing to the foul air, he had been forbidden to go in by the owner [Inspection made] [More information ...] | |||||
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brownrigg Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Brownrigg Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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