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Bankend Colliery
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| Location: | Coalburn 8½ miles [14 km] SW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS797334, 55° 34' 48" N, 3° 54' 31" W |
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| Owners: | Arden Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Industrial. (90,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Industrial, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1910 - 25 (18 below, 7 surface) |
| 1915 - 139 (110 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1920 - 292 (244 below, 48 surface) | |
| 1923 - 190 (150 below, 40 surface) | |
| 1933 - Nos. 8, 13, 15, 16 and 17 - 310 (220 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1937 - Nos. 8, 13, 15, 16 and 17 Pits - 310 (220 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1940 - Nos. 8, 13, 15, 16 and 17 - 310 (220 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1947 - 232 (166 below, 66 surface) | |
| 1954 - 161 (112 below, 49 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Ell, Nine Feet, Six Feet |
| 1915 - Dross Coal, Ell, Nine Feet, Six Feet | |
| 1920 - Dross Coal, Ell, McDonald, Nine Feet, Six Feet | |
| 1954 - Dross, Ell, Nine Feet, Six Feet | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | James, Davidson, 21 Dec 1855, Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft | |||||
| 1 name 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bankend Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bankend Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 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
- 1937 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
- 1947 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
- OS Grid Reference from GB1900 dataset
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