	Burghlee Colliery	Index	Burghlee Colliery

Burghlee Colliery

Location:	Loanhead 5½ miles [9 km] SSE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT276648, 55° 52' 18" N, 3° 9' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (217,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1947 - 521 (396 below, 125 surface)
	1954 - 795 (615 below, 180 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Great Seam, Stairhead
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Ross, John, 12 May 1933, Miner, Fell down the shaft

						1 name found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Burghlee Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Burghlee Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian