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Bog Colliery

Location:	Larkhall 9½ miles [16 km] NW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS761529, 55° 45' 14" N, 3° 58' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Hamilton, McCulloch and Co.
	Hamilton, McCulloch and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 584 (487 below, 97 surface)
	1896 - 276 (211 below, 65 surface)
	1900 - 308 (241 below, 67 surface)
	1905 - 325 (252 below, 73 surface)
	1910 - 432 (349 below, 83 surface)
	1915 - 492 (392 below, 100 surface)
	1920 - 534 (404 below, 130 surface)
	1923 - 421 (307 below, 114 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint, Virtuewell
	1915 - Blackband, Ell, Lower Drumgray, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint, Virtuewell
	1920 - Ell, Kiltongue, Lower Drumgray, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint, Virtuewell
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!

						Barns, Charles, 21 Mar 1884, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; stoop and room
						Barr, William, 20 Feb 1874, aged 62, Labourer, Jammed by wagons at screens
						Bulloch, Thomas, 31 Oct 1884, aged 14, Waggon shifter, Jammed between waggon and a ladder at screens
						Davidson, William, 26 Mar 1890, 9.30 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 15, Coal cleaner, Caught by engine fly-wheel
						Davis, John, 26 Nov 1885, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; stoop and room
						Duncan, John, 11 Mar 1891, 2 p.m., aged 36, Collier, Fall of stone
						Dungavil, Thomas, 19 Feb 1910, aged 48, Haulageman, Fell out of bogie in which he was riding on haulage road, and was crushed by full race
						Frame, Andrew, 16 Feb 1894, 8.20 a.m., aged 17, Pony driver, Crushed by tubs
						Frew, William, 21 Feb 1912, aged 38, Miner, Deceased appears to have been in the act of taking coal off the face when the roof suddenly fell upon him and he was killed. The stone fell away by an unseen lype, and in falling threw out, at least, two props supporting it
						Gardiner, Daniel, 21 Nov 1882, aged 50, Collier, Fell down the pit. The rope slipped off the drum and the cage fell 30 feet [More information ...]
						Laird, Charles, 25 Jun 1894, 9.30 a.m., aged 27, Miner, Fall of stone
						Maxwell, Alexander, 12 Feb 1896, aged 31, Roadsman, Fall of roof stone while drawing wood from stooping place. The roof came away suddenly from an unseen lype which deceased had just relieved
						Moffatt, William, 18 Nov 1884, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof; At face ; while starting a "lift" at stoops
						Muir, George, 26 May 1906, aged 23, Miner, Overcome by the fumes of an underground fire [More information ...]
						Nesbit, Robert, 21 Nov 1882, aged 20, Collier, Fell down the pit. The rope slipped off the drum and the cage fell 30 feet [More information ...]
						O'Donald, John, 13 Jul 1889, aged 39, Shaft repairer, Fell down shaft [More information ...]
						Ross, David, 21 May 1891, 9 a.m., aged 63, Screenman, Fell from coal cleaner
						Stirling, William, 26 May 1906, aged 42, Miner, Overcome by the fumes of an underground fire [More information ...]
						Wood, David, 16 Feb 1895, 9.30 a.m., aged 15, Driver, Run over by hutch

						19 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
OS Grid Reference from GB1900 dataset