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Boyne Colliery

Location:	Durham 2 miles [3 km] SW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ248407, 54° 45' 38" N, 1° 36' 52" W
Maps:	1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd.
Output:	1873 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - Coal.
Employment:	1880 - 0 [Standing]
	1882 - 0 [Standing]
	1883 - 4 [Standing]
	1884 - 0 [Standing]
	1888 - 0 [Standing]
	1890 - 0 [Standing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Boyne Colliery
Notes:	1935, 09 Jul - Low Main, Hutton, Busty seams abandoned

Description

The North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd., are also working the royalties in this township [Brandon and Byshottles], at their Littleburn Colliery, where three shafts are engaged, two for drawing coals, and one for pumping and upcast. At the Boyne pits thre are two shafts used for ventilating purposes.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Boyne Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Boyne Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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