Billy Law Colliery
| Location: |
Tweedmouth
2½ miles [4 km] S of Berwick-upon-Tweed
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 75) NT986496, 55° 44' 26" N, 2° 1' 19" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
1890 |
| Owners: |
1880s - Scremerston & Shoreswood Coal Co. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal. |
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1883 - Coal, Landsale. |
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1888 - Coal. Fireclay. |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Billy Law Colliery |
| Notes: |
1890 - Cooper Eye seam abandoned - All available coal worked out |
Description
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 Billy Law Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Billy Law 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
- 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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