Etal Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Etal Colliery	Index	Etal Colliery

Location:	Etal 8½ miles [14 km] SSW of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Map Ref:	(Sheet 74 Kelso) NT945405, 55° 39' 29" N, 2° 5' 15" W
Maps:	1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:	1700s
Closed:
Pits:	Slanesford Pit
Owners:	1860s - Scremerston & Shoreswood Coal Co.
Output:	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal, Landsale.
	1888 - Coal (Landsale).
	1890 - Coal (Landsale).

None found.

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Mason, Henry, 22 Dec 1868, aged 18, Onsetter, piece of coal falling down shaft

Oliver, Robert, 31 Jul 1856, aged 33, killed by a fall of stone

2 names found

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works