	Otterburn Colliery	Index	Otterburn Colliery

Otterburn Colliery

Location:	Otterburn 22½ miles [36 km] NW of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 80) NY681894, 55° 11' 55" N, 2° 29' 59" W
Opened:	1863
Closed:	1876
Owners:	Plashetts, Laws and Co.
	James Chisholm
Output:	1865 - Coal.
	1875 - Coal, Landsale.

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!

						Hamilton, Michael, 20 Dec 1878, aged 53, Hewer, fell down shaft

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Otterburn Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Otterburn Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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.