Wythemoor Colliery

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Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Wythemoor Colliery	Index	Wythemoor Colliery

Location:	Distington 5½ miles [9 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY035247, 54° 36' 29" N, 3° 29' 39" W
Opened:
Closed:	1923
Owners:	1880s - Wythemoor Colliery Co.
	1910s - Wythemoor Colliery Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1883 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
	1915 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
	1921 - Coal: Coking, Household.
	1923 - Coal: Coking, Household.
Employment:	1905 - 63 (41 below, 22 surface)
	1910 - 104 (82 below, 22 surface)
	1915 - 105 (85 below, 20 surface)
	1921 - 41 (27 below, 14 surface) [Standing]
	1923 - 0 [Abandoned]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Two Feet
	1910 - Two Feet
	1915 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3
	1921 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Four Foot [Standing]
	1923 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Four Foot [Abandoned]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wythemoor Colliery

None found.

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Allen, James, 20 Dec 1913, aged 38, Hewer, deceased was filling his tub at the working face, when a large stone fell out from between two slips which could not be seen previous to the fall, and killed him

Gibson, John Westgarth, 16 Sep 1909, aged 44, Drifter, cage moved away while he was getting on top of it at mid-workings

Rumney, George, 09 Mar 1918, aged 43, killed by a fall from the roof

3 names found

1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works