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Ormiston Station Colliery
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| Location: | Tranent 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Edinburgh |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT415697, 55° 55' 4" N, 2° 56' 9" W |
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| Owners: | Ormiston Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 126 (102 below, 24 surface) |
| 1896 - 121 (96 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1900 - 100 (75 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1905 - 148 (113 below, 35 surface) | |
| 1910 - 196 (144 below, 52 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Four Feet, Splint |
| 1910 - Five Feet, Four Feet, Splint | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Hogg, John, 07 Apr 1905, aged 15, Haulage engine driver, Deceased was assisting to move railway waggons at the screens, and was crushed between the waggon buffers | |||||
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ormiston Station Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ormiston Station Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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