	North Wylam	Index	North Wylam

North Wylam

Location:	Wylam 9 miles [15 km] W of Newcastle
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ108648, 54° 58' 41" N, 1° 49' 49" W
Opened:
Closed:	1892
Owners:	1860s - Robert Dunn
	1880s - Am. & W. H. Dunn
Output:	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal.
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for North Wylam
Notes:	1892 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter, Yard or Three Quarter, Brockwell seams abandoned - coal nearly exhausted
	1933, 12 Jan - Brockwell, Yard seams abandoned

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!

						Doby, James, 30 Apr 1878, aged 47, Banksman, crushed by coal truck

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of North Wylam

list of collieries/pits etc. near to North Wylam

Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works