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Cronberry Moor Colliery
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| Location: | Lugar 15 miles [24 km] SE of Kilmarnock |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS624249, 55° 29' 54" N, 4° 10' 43" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Industrial. (67,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1933 - 7 (4 below, 3 surface) |
| 1937 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1940 - 204 (167 below, 37 surface) | |
| 1947 - 232 (173 below, 59 surface) | |
| 1954 - 190 (144 below, 46 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Gaswater |
| 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!
 | Baird, James, 01 Jul 1886, aged 34, Contractor, By cage coming down on him while working below it | |||||
| Blair, James, 15 Jan 1875, aged 42, Roadsman, Fall of roof | |||||
| Collins, John, 06 Dec 1882, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of roof in a roadway | |||||
| Richmond, John, 23 Feb 1880, aged 36, Miner, Fall of roof | |||||
| 4 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cronberry Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cronberry Moor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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