	Bankton Colliery	Index	Bankton Colliery

Bankton Colliery

Location:	Tranent 10 miles [16 km] E of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT407738, 55° 57' 13" N, 2° 56' 59" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Edinburgh Collieries Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1905 - 107 (85 below, 22 surface)
	1910 - 288 (242 below, 46 surface)
	1915 - 282 (216 below, 66 surface)
	1920 - 393 (297 below, 96 surface)
	1923 - 295 (217 below, 78 surface)
	1933 - 6 (3 below, 3 surface)
	1940 - 6 (3 below, 3 surface)
	1954 - 33 (2 below, 31 surface) [Pumping Pit]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Jewel, Splint
	1910 - Jewel, Splint, Three Feet
	1915 - Four Feet, Jewel, Splint, Three Feet
	1920 - Diamond, Four Feet, Jewel, Splint, Three Feet
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!

						Gregg, Frank, 09 Aug 1933, aged 27, Collier, Pillars were being extracted — he was setting a sprag at loose end of face when a stone fell from roof and edge pinned him to floor killing him instantly
						Masterton, William, 04 Apr 1907, aged 17, Apprentice Surveyor, Deceased and the surveyor had been engaged levelling in a mid seam, and on arriving at the shaft the signal was given for them to be raised to the surface. When all was ready they stepped on to the cage, and as soon as the cage began to ascend, deceased, who carried the levelling staff in one hand, apparently lost his balance, and before he could regain it, he fell off the cage into the shaft
						McLean, John, 12 Jul 1911, aged 48, Brusher, Fall of roof in face while he was building a wall after firing a brushing shot
						O'Hare, John, jun, 08 Mar 1903, aged 27, Shaftsman, Owing to a large increase of water, chests had to be requisitioned to raise it from the shaft bottom and were to be emptied on arriving at the top automatically by lever arrangements. When the first chest arrived deceased and the oversman got into it in order to fix the position at which the lever was to come into operation to empty the chest, and while thus engaged the chest was suddenly raised and he was crushed against the fence at the top. The emptying of the chest had taken the weight off, and the brake not being on, the engine moved
						Wilson, Harry, 07 Mar 1902, aged 58, Pit bottomer, The shaft is sunk to the three-feet seam at 18 fathoms deep, and the splint coal seam is cut at 13 fathoms. A gate fenced the shaft, but was removed when coal was being "dugged." There were four planks provided to be placed across the shaft by the bottomer when "dugging," but deceased omitted to put these in. He descended from the surface after having supper and signalled the engineman to raise the cage, which was done, and cage rested 6 feet above the doorheads. Deceased had apparently forgotten that the shaft was open and the cage not there as he pushed a loaded tub forward and was precipitated with it to the bottom

						5 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), 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
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), 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
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian