Oxenford Colliery

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	Oxenford Colliery	Index	Oxenford Colliery

Location:	Ormiston 9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT393677, 55° 53' 55" N, 2° 58' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
	No. 3 Pit
Owners:	A. White and Co.
	Ormiston Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1899 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (45,000 tons)
	1954 - No. 3 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1896 - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
	1899 - 58 (50 below, 8 surface)
	1900 - 73 (63 below, 10 surface)
	1910 - 138 (117 below, 21 surface)
	1915 - 207 (176 below, 31 surface)
	1923 - 190 (163 below, 27 surface)
	1933 - 75 (65 below, 10 surface)
	1940 - 125 (105 below, 20 surface)
	1947 - No. 2 - 122 (90 below, 32 surface)
	1954 - No. 3 - 250 (200 below, 50 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Diamond, Five Feet
	1915 - Five Feet, No. 1 Diamond, No. 2 Diamond
	1954 - No. 3 - Nos. 1 and 2 Diamond
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Donaldson, John, 02 Mar 1901, aged 39, Miner, Deceased was engaged with another workman withdrawing props after the coal stoop had been extracted, when a fall took place and he was partly buried, attempts were made to rescue him, but other falls occurring he was completely buried

Good, Charles, 15 Mar 1865, aged 12, Drawer, He got entangled with incline chain and was crushed to death on drum. There was no "brakesman"

Haldine, James, 15 Jun 1859, Collier, By a wood prop falling from the pithead while he was ascending on a cage without a cover [More information ...]

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1859 Mines Inspectors Report, East of Scotland District by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 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
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