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Benbain Colliery
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| Location: | Dalmellington 13 miles [21 km] SE of Ayr |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS511091, 55° 21' 12" N, 4° 20' 56" W |
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| Owners: | Dalmellington Iron Co. |
| Dalmellington Iron Co., Ltd. | |
| Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface) |
| 1896 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1900 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1905 - 23 (16 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1910 - 29 (21 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1915 - 28 (23 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1920 - 31 (21 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1923 - 112 (92 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1937 - No. 4 - 95 (70 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1937 - No. 5 - 32 (21 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 4 - 99 (73 below, 26 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - High, Low Pennyvenie, Splint |
| 1915 - High, Low Pennyvenie, Splint | |
| 1920 - High, Low Pennyvenie, Splint | |
| 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
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Benbain Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Benbain 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
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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