	Penston Colliery	Index	Penston Colliery

Penston Colliery

Location:	Tranent, Haddingtonshire 12 miles [19 km] E of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT442727, 55° 56' 41" N, 2° 53' 33" W
Opened:	1792
Closed:	1918
Owners:	John Deans
	Deans and Moore
	Riggonhead Coal Co., Ltd.
	Udston Colliery Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 161 (137 below, 24 surface)
	1896 - 161 (140 below, 21 surface)
	1900 - 147 (128 below, 19 surface)
	1905 - 149 (135 below, 14 surface)
	1910 - 261 (210 below, 51 surface)
	1915 - 9 (3 below, 6 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Splint
	1910 - Lower Diamond, Upper Diamond
	1915 - Upper Diamond
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Chalmers, William, 13 Mar 1876, aged 60, Brusher, [Fall of roof] On drawing road, while "brushing" it. Longwall
						Fiergrieve, Peter, 18 Jul 1865, aged 45, Collier, Fall of top coal, want of spraggs
						Hogg, William, 22 Sep 1852, Fall of roof
						Jamieson, N., 08 Aug 1864, aged 20, Collier, Fell off a vertical ladder while descending a pit 19 fathoms deep
						McCulloch, George, 30 Apr 1864, aged 22, Collier, Fall of "brushing" (roof) at face

						5 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by William Lancaster, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department