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Busbiehead Colliery
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| Location: | Crosshouse 2 miles [3 km] WNW of Kilmarnock |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS401395, 55° 37' 23" N, 4° 32' 23" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | J. and R. Howie |
| J. and R. Howie Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1915 - No. 3 - Coal: Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - No. 8 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 73 (62 below, 11 surface) |
| 1896 - 50 (45 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 66 (60 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1905 - 123 (113 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1910 - 96 (85 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 3 - 43 (40 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 8 - 21 (18 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - 62 (57 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - 22 (20 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 3 - 31 (26 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 3 - 34 (18 below, 16 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Ell, Ladyha', Splint |
| 1915 - No. 3 - Ell, Ladyha' | |
| 1915 - No. 8 - Ladyha', Linnbed | |
| 1920 - No. 3 - Ell, Kilwinning Main, Ladyha' | |
| 1920 - No. 8 - Ladyha', Linnbed | |
| 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!
 | Connolly, Laughlan, 02 Feb 1903, aged 46, Miner, Fall of roof at roadhead. Due to want of timbering | |||||
| Howie, Samuel, 26 Aug 1903, aged 15, Labourer, Crushed between two waggons while attempting to couple them | |||||
| 2 names 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.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Busbiehead Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Busbiehead 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
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), 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
- 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
- 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
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