	Berryhill Colliery (STI)	Index	Berryhill Colliery (STI)

Berryhill Colliery (STI)

Location:	Auchinleck 12½ miles [20 km] SE of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS557226, 55° 28' 33" N, 4° 17' 0" W
Opened:
Closed:
Output:	1900 - Coal.
	1905 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - No. 3 - Ironstone.
	1910 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - No. 3 - Ironstone.
	1915 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - No. 3 - Ironstone.
	1920 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - No. 3 - Ironstone.
Employment:	1900 - 14 (2 below, 12 surface) [Sinking]
	1905 - No. 2 - 61 (53 below, 8 surface)
	1905 - No. 3 - 141 (118 below, 23 surface)
	1910 - No. 2 - 81 (69 below, 12 surface)
	1910 - No. 3 - 179 (157 below, 22 surface)
	1915 - No. 2 - 71 (60 below, 11 surface)
	1915 - No. 3 - 87 (71 below, 16 surface)
	1920 - No. 2 - 140 (124 below, 16 surface)
	1920 - No. 3 - 173 (147 below, 26 surface)
	1923 - 180 (150 below, 30 surface)
	1923 - No. 2 - 169 (152 below, 17 surface)
	1923 - No. 3 - 58 (51 below, 7 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - No. 2 - Low Maid, Maid
	1910 - No. 3 - Black Band
	1915 - No. 2 - Low Maid, Maid
	1915 - No. 3 - Black Band
	1920 - No. 2 - Low Maid, Maid, Major
	1920 - No. 3 - Black Band
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!

						Anderson, John, 20 Oct 1909, 12.30 p.m., aged 30, Miner, Outburst of firedamp [More information ...]
						Anderson, Robert, 20 Oct 1909, 12.30 p.m., aged 29, Miner, Outburst of firedamp [More information ...]
						Currie, James, 20 Oct 1909, 12.30 p.m., aged 32, Reddsman, Outburst of firedamp [More information ...]
						McAuslane, Charles, 20 Dec 1904, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof on road while laying rails
						McCreadie, James, 13 Sep 1912, aged 16, Driver, Deceased was taking a rake of eight loaded tubs along a level road, when, in some way unexplained, he was caught and run over by the first tub of the rake ; he was killed instantly
						Ralston, Hugh Black, 20 Oct 1909, 12.30 p.m., aged 40, Reddsman, Outburst of firedamp [More information ...]
						Stevenson, David, 02 Sep 1907, aged 56, Fireman, While making his morning inspection with a naked light he ignited gas

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, 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), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), West Scotland District (No. 2) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), 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
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