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Barnsmuir Colliery |
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Barnsmuir Colliery |
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Barnsmuir Colliery
| Location: |
Slamannan
16 miles [26 km] SSE of Stirling
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS878697, 55° 54' 27" N, 3° 47' 41" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
Barnsmuir Coal Co. |
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William Chalmers |
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Hilderston Hill Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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Patrick and James Horne |
| Output: |
1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1954 - Coal. |
| Employment: |
1894 - 149 (135 below, 14 surface) |
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1896 - 125 (107 below, 18 surface) |
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1933 - 20 (17 below, 3 surface) |
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1937 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) |
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1940 - 25 (22 below, 3 surface) |
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1954 - 13 (11 below, 2 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Kiltongue |
| 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 Barnsmuir Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barnsmuir Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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