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Armadale Colliery

Location:	Armadale 15½ miles [25 km] N of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS925679, 55° 53' 33" N, 3° 43' 5" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Armadale Coal Co., Ltd.
	United Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. Fireclay.
	1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 175 (153 below, 22 surface)
	1896 - 141 (112 below, 29 surface)
	1900 - 100 (80 below, 20 surface)
	1905 - 96 (80 below, 16 surface)
	1910 - 224 (113 below, 111 surface)
	1915 - 190 (147 below, 43 surface)
	1920 - 200 (154 below, 46 surface)
	1923 - 205 (159 below, 46 surface)
	1933 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface) [Pumping]
	1940 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface) [Pumping]
	1954 - No. 19 - 0 [Pumping only]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Ball, Main
	1910 - Main [Bathville workshop staff entered here]
	1915 - Main
	1920 - Ball, Colinburn, Main
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!

						Anderson, John Brown, 12 May 1885, aged 59, Coal Miner, Injuries sustained from having been run over by six hutches in a door, in a pit near Armadale. Cause of death - Dislocation of spine and internal injuries
						Binnie, Alexander, 11 Jan 1865, Collier, Fall of roof at face
						Currie, William, 08 Apr 1859, Collier, By fall of coal and ironstone at face of working
						McLean, John, 21 Mar 1906, aged 30, Roadsman, A fall occurred on the main haulage road during the night, and deceased and others were engaged redding it with a view to make repairs, when a large stone from behind the area of the fall came away, swinging out the crown which supported it, fatally crushing both men [More information ...]
						Pearson, William, 21 Mar 1906, aged 37, Roadsman, A fall occurred on the main haulage road during the night, and deceased and others were engaged redding it with a view to make repairs, when a large stone from behind the area of the fall came away, swinging out the crown which supported it, fatally crushing both men [More information ...]
						Stirling, William, 11 Feb 1904, aged 45, Miner, Deceased was engaged at stooping, and while withdrawing props after the stoop had been extracted a stone fell from the roof upon him
						Wilson, George, 07 Feb 1876, aged 50, Collier, [Fall of roof] At "stoops"

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1859 Mines Inspectors Report, East of Scotland District by Robert Williams, 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
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), 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
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian