	Vogrie Colliery	Index	Vogrie Colliery

Vogrie Colliery

Location:	Gorebridge 10 miles [16 km] SE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT347612, 55° 50' 25" N, 3° 2' 30" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT349616
Owners:	John Christie
	Vogrie Coal Co.
	Arniston Coal Co., Ltd.
	Gavin Paul and Sons Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal.
	1920 - Coal.
Employment:	1894 - 55 (46 below, 9 surface)
	1896 - 51 (44 below, 7 surface)
	1900 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface)
	1910 - 0 [Not worked]
	1915 - 104 (83 below, 21 surface)
	1920 - 182 (154 below, 28 surface)
	1923 - 185 (125 below, 60 surface) [inc. Mossend]
	1933 - 320 (250 below, 70 surface) [inc. Mossend]
Seams Worked:	1915 - Kailblades
	1920 - Kailblades
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!

						Galloway, John, 23 Nov 1934, aged 16, his clothes became entangled on a shaft and he was drawn into the machinery [date of report]
						Gillies, Adam, 22 Dec 1913, (accident: 20 Dec 1913), aged 26, Hanger-on, He was filling dirt on a main haulage road, when some stone fell from the upper part of the side of the road and struck him on the head. He died two days later
						Hamilton, Andrew, 08 Aug 1922, 3.20 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 40, Miner, He was working at the face of the level when a fall of head coal took place. A piece weighing half a cwt. struck him on the head and fractured his skull. He was killed instantly
						Morrison, James, 07 Jul 1888, aged 16, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room
						Smith, D., 24 Jul 1867, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal
						Unknown, -, 08 Apr 1895, [Not employed], Fell down shaft. Supposed to be a case of suicide. Not comprised

						6 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), East Scotland District (No. 1) 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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Scotland Division (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1922 Mines Inspectors Report
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