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Lily Colliery

Location:	Dipton 8½ miles [14 km] SW of Newcastle
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ159535, 54° 52' 34" N, 1° 45' 7" W
Maps:	1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1870's - R. Dickinson and Co.
Output:	1883 - Coal.
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lily Colliery

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!

						Jackson, Richard, 22 Nov 1877, aged 16, Putter, hewing in a place where he had been twice warned not to do so - a fall of stone took place

						1 name found

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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 Lily Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lily Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works