Barglachan Colliery

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	Barglachan Colliery	Index	Barglachan Colliery

Location:	Auchinleck 13 miles [21 km] SE of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS565224, 55° 28' 31" N, 4° 16' 11" W
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Owners:	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1896 - 142 (125 below, 17 surface)
	1900 - 170 (146 below, 24 surface)
	1905 - 149 (132 below, 17 surface)
	1910 - 156 (136 below, 20 surface)
	1915 - No. 2 - 71 (53 below, 18 surface)
	1920 - 153 (132 below, 21 surface)
	1923 - No. 2 - 162 (146 below, 16 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Ell, Low Main, Maid, Main, Major
	1915 - No. 2 - Low Maid, Maid
	1920 - Claud, Low Maid, Major
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Frazer, Alexander, 29 Dec 1910, aged 38, Miner, A fall of stone occurred from between a fault and lipe or slip in his working place and killed him instantly

Stirling, John, 30 Nov 1857, Engineman, Fell down the shaft [More information ...]

Toal, John, 13 Mar 1924, (accident: 12 Mar 1924, 3.15 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 17, Brusher, Deceased and another workman were withdrawing props from a longwall place about to be brushed. A hammer was being used to withdraw the props and on the last prop being withdrawn, deceased reached underneath the "brushing" to recover it, when the brushing collapsed, being weakened by a "lype" on the right side of the road. He died the following day. The place was examined by a fireman 1½ hours before the accident and he saw the "lype" but did not instruct the workmen to use a safety contrivance. Had such a contrivance been used the accident would not have occurred

3 names found

1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), 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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Scotland Division (No. 1) by J. Masterton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]