	Oughterside Colliery	Index	Oughterside Colliery

Oughterside Colliery

Location:

Aspatria
16 miles [25 km] NNE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY113399, 54° 44' 46" N, 3° 22' 38" W

Opened:

Closed:

24 Jun 1933

Sinking Started:

1902

Owners:

???? - Oughterside Coal Co. Ltd.

1930s - Oughterside Coal Co. (1928) Ltd. (in voluntary liquidation)

Output:

1905 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1910 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1915 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1921 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.

1923 - Coal: Household, Steam.

1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

1925 - Coal: Household.

1927 - Coal: Household.

1929 - Coal: Coking, Household.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1902	Sinking
1905	63	36	27
1910	257	209	48
1915	465	325	140
1921	444	341	103
1923	667	528	139
1924	358	276	82
1925	53	30	23
1927	50	30	20
1929	364	280	84
1930	147	117	30

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Ten Quarters

1910 - Ten Quarters

1915 - Ten Quarters, Thirty Inch, Yard

1921 - Rattler, Ten Quarter, Thirty Inch, Yard

1923 - Little Main, Metal Band, Ten Quarter, Thirty Inch, Yard Band

1924 - Little Main, Metal Band, Ten Quarter, Thirty Inch, Yard Band

1925 - Little Main, Metal Band, Ten Quarter, Thirty Inch, Yard Band

1927 - Yard Band

1929 - Metal Band, Thirty Inch, Yard Band

1930 - Metal Band, Thirty Inch, Yard Band

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Oughterside Colliery

Notes:

1902 - The sinking date of 1902 is for the 'modern' colliery taken from the Government List of Mines, coal was being worked here in the early 1800's.

1930, 13 Aug - Ten Quarters, Rattler seams abandoned

1930, 15 Dec - Little Main seam abandoned

1932 - Yard, Thirty Inch, Master seams abandoned

1933, 24 Jun - Ten Quarters, Rattler, Metal, Thirty Inch, Yard seams abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Oughterside 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!

						Blackburn, John Osborne, 15 Dec 1928, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof
						Browne, Richard, 30 Mar 1840, aged 34, struck on head by stay falling down the shaft
						Hodgson, Isaac, 07 Apr 1908, aged 27, Shot firer and Shiftman, struck by material projected from shot
						Hope, John, 27 Jul 1842, aged 45, crushed by tubs
						Nicholson, Arthur, 17 May 1914, (accident: 30 Jan 1914), aged 43, Hewer, Deceased was engaged setting a prop under a stone, when the prop slipped out and the stone fell on to him. He died on 17th May, 1914.
						Ostle, John, 26 Jun 1842, aged 50, killed by coal falling from a basket as it was being taken up the shaft, and alighting on the poor man's head, the skull was dreadfully fractured, and death immediately ensued
						Wallace, John, 16 Jul 1844, aged 24, coal fell down the shaft onto his head and killed him
						Wilkinson, John A., 12 Jan 1924, 8.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 56, Deputy [More information ...]

						8 names found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Oughterside Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Oughterside Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research