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Bonnyside Colliery
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| Location: | Bonnybridge 9½ miles [15 km] SSE of Stirling |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS833792, 55° 59' 30" N, 3° 52' 12" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | James Dougall and Sons Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay. |
| 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ganister. Fireclay. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone, Ganister. Fireclay. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household. Ganister. Fireclay. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 9 (8 below, 1 surface) |
| 1896 - 16 (14 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1900 - 35 (32 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1905 - 46 (42 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1910 - 58 (51 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1915 - 55 (44 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1920 - 64 (48 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1923 - 58 (43 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1933 - 54 (39 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1940 - 75 (49 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1954 - 66 (50 below, 16 surface) [Mainly a fireclay mine] | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Fireclay |
| 1910 - Fireclay | |
| 1915 - Fireclay | |
| 1920 - Fireclay | |
| 1954 - Bonnybridge Upper Clay | |
| 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!
 | Marshall, Robert, 19 Jan 1893, 10.30 a.m., aged 52, Miner, Fall of stone | |||||
| 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.
Click on the symbol
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 Bonnyside Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bonnyside Colliery
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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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 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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