	Benhar Colliery	Index	Benhar Colliery

Benhar Colliery

Location:	West Benhar 12 miles [19 km] N of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS888628, 55° 50' 44" N, 3° 46' 34" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Summerlee Iron Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1915 - Nos. 18 and 19 - Coal.
	1920 - Nos. 18, 19 and 20 - Coal, ironstone.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (202,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1915 - Nos. 18 and 19 - 82 (52 below, 30 surface)
	1920 - Nos. 18, 19 and 20 - 454 (384 below, 70 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 18, 19 and 20 - 429 (358 below, 71 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 3, 18, 19 and 20 - 0 [Idle]
	1940 - Nos. 3, 18, 19 and 20 - 650 (550 below, 100 surface)
	1947 - 768 (620 below, 148 surface)
	1954 - 471 (373 below, 98 surface)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Nos. 18 and 19 - Armadale Main
	1920 - Nos. 18, 19 and 20 - Anthracite coal, Armadale Ball, Armadale Main
	1954 - Ball, Lower Drumgray, Mill
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!

						Baxter, Robert, 11 May 1869, aged 46, Pitheadman, Winding drum got out of gear and ran amain. He was struck by rope
						Davidson, Moses, 01 Feb 1884, aged 61, Miner, Fall of roof at face
						Doran, James, 14 Feb 1894, 3.30 p.m., aged 34, Miner, Fall of coal and stone
						Ganghan, J., 03 Jul 1872, aged 16, Miner, Fall of coal at face
						Gillies, Thomas, 27 Mar 1875, aged 15, Set rider, [On Inclined Planes] He fell off train and was run over on an engine plane
						Hailstones, A., 13 Nov 1868, aged 14, Drawer, Knocked against a prop by collision with another drawer, injured internally, and died next day
						Izzat, Robert, 30 Oct 1873, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal at the face
						Mack, Alexander, 13 Feb 1893, aged 41, Miner, Sudden death. Not comprised
						Martin, George, 07 Dec 1874, aged 26, Brusher, He came up the shaft with an unwell man at 12.30am and on returning about 10 minutes afterwards he walked into the shaft. Apparently the man expected the cage would be waiting where he left it. Gate standing open
						McGill, Peter, 29 Jul 1870, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal
						McLeish, James, 13 Nov 1877, aged 34, Miner, Run over by hutches at foot of an engine plane
						Murphy, John, 01 Aug 1877, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof at face
						Salisburgh, Robert, 10 Mar 1873, Miner, Fall of stone from roof at face
						Salsburgh, J., 28 Sep 1869, aged 52, Pitheadman, Ran hutch into wrong side of shaft and fell after it

						14 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), 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
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
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