	Gilmerton Colliery	Index	Gilmerton Colliery

Gilmerton Colliery

Location:	Gilmerton 4½ miles [7 km] SE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT297682, 55° 54' 7" N, 3° 7' 28" W
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Owners:	Gilmerton Colliery Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Steam. (80,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1933 - 250
	1940 - 250
	1947 - 204 (150 below, 54 surface)
	1954 - 300 (235 below, 65 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Blackchapel, Blue, Carlton, Corbie, Five Feet, Flex, Gillespie, Great, Little Splint, Peacock, Peacocktail, South Parrot, 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!

						Baxter, Robert, 31 Oct 1934, aged 26, Miner, Crushed between two hutches
						Baxter, William, 25 Oct 1876, aged 28, Collier, [On Inclined Planes] The carriage was drawn away while he was adjusting his tub upon it. Mistake of signals
						Blyth, Archibald, 31 Dec 1890, 1.30 p.m., aged 27, Miner, Explosion of a shot
						Brash, James, 23 Dec 1887, aged 25, Sinker, Fell off kettle
						Crookston, Robert, 06 Nov 1893, 11.30 a.m., aged 17, Drawer, Fell down incline
						French, Peter, 01 Aug 1894, aged 11, [Not employed], Overcome by chokedamp and fell down incline
						Hutcheson, John, 30 Mar 1882, aged 45, Dookheadman, Fell off the carriage while descending an incline at an angle of 50 degrees
						Hutchison, Alexander, 13 Dec 1932, aged 37, Miner, [details unknown]
						King, John, 22 Nov 1890, 11.00 a.m., aged 46, Sinker, Suffocated by chokedamp [More information ...]
						Laing, William R., 12 Oct 1891, 4.50 p.m., aged 37, Screenman, Run over by waggon
						Sharpe, Thomas, 22 Nov 1890, 11.00 a.m., aged 39, Sinker, Suffocated by chokedamp [More information ...]

						11 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1933 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
1940 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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website