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Barony Colliery |
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Barony Colliery |
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Barony Colliery
| Location: |
Auchinleck
12 miles [19 km] E of Ayr
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS527217, 55° 28' 3" N, 4° 19' 46" W |
| Opened: |
1910 |
| Closed: |
1989 |
| Pits: |
No. 1 Pit |
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No. 2 Pit |
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No. 3 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS526218, opened: 1945 |
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No. 4 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS526213, opened: 1965 |
| Owners: |
William Baird and Co., Ltd. |
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Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1910 - Coal. |
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1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
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1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial. (412,000 tons) |
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1954 - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: |
1910 - 52 (30 below, 22 surface) [Sinking] |
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1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 364 (254 below, 110 surface) |
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1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 548 (417 below, 131 surface) |
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1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 574 (465 below, 109 surface) |
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1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 958 (750 below, 208 surface) |
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1937 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 840 (740 below, 100 surface) |
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1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 1,024 (780 below, 244 surface) |
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1947 - 1,213 (901 below, 312 surface) |
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1954 - 1,475 (1,137 below, 338 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Maid Coal, Main Coal |
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1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Main Bonanza, Major and Maid |
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1954 - Bonanaza, Forty Fathom, Maid or Hurlford Main, Main or Tourha |
| 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
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barony Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barony Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
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