	Addiewell (Oil shale)	Index	Addiewell (Oil shale)

Addiewell (Oil shale)

Location:	West Calder 13½ miles [22 km] NNE of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS989625, 55° 50' 43" N, 3° 36' 52" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Oil Shale.
	1896 - Oil Shale.
Employment:	1894 - 218 (194 below, 24 surface)
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!

						Black, James, 05 Jun 1873, Sinker, Squeezed against a "bunton" at the pit head whilst ascending a sinking pit in a "kettle"
						Bulloch, Alexander, 16 Mar 1885, aged 14, Drawer, While descending in the morning the cage left the guides, stuck in the shaft, and then fell some fathoms. The deceased fell out but two others remained on the cage uninjured [More information ...]
						Campbell, James, 07 Aug 1880, aged 23, Miner, Fall of shale while holing. Long wall
						Dougan, Thomas, 16 Mar 1885, aged 19, Drawer, While descending in the morning the cage left the guides, stuck in the shaft, and then fell some fathoms. The deceased fell out but two others remained on the cage uninjured [More information ...]
						Forsyth, Alexander, 14 Nov 1883, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of roof and side on drawing road
						Lawler, Hugh, 06 Dec 1880, aged 21, Trimmer, Struck by a train of empty wagons which were passing the screens
						McAvoy, James, 09 Apr 1881, aged 36, Miner, Struck by empty hutch at top of an incline plane. The hutches were lowered and raised by gravity, and he allowed the empty to go past the landing at the face. It contained two props, and one of these or the hutch jammed him
						McCurley, Samuel, 16 Mar 1885, aged 20, Drawer, While descending in the morning the cage left the guides, stuck in the shaft, and then fell some fathoms. The deceased fell out but two others remained on the cage uninjured [More information ...]
						Miles, John, 20 Jan 1873, aged 52, Labourer, Jammed between two waggons
						Sanderson, Andrew, 16 Mar 1885, aged 16, Drawer, While descending in the morning the cage left the guides, stuck in the shaft, and then fell some fathoms. The deceased fell out but two others remained on the cage uninjured [More information ...]
						Sneddon, John, 28 Jan 1885, aged 63, Repairer, Fall of roof while repairing air course
						Wallace, James, 29 Mar 1884, aged 17, Miner, Fall of shale while holing

						12 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

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Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), 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
OS Grid Reference from Mindat website