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Cauldhame Colliery
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| Location: | Springside 3½ miles [6 km] W of Kilmarnock |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS371379, 55° 36' 28" N, 4° 35' 6" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | Archibald Finnie and Sons |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 66 (42 below, 24 surface) |
| 1896 - 36 (32 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1900 - 50 (40 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1905 - 101 (87 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1910 - 87 (81 below, 6 surface) [Worked along with Springhill Colliery] | |
| 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!
 | Adams, William, 13 Jan 1908, aged 46, Waggon trimmer, He pushed a hutch of ashes into the open shaft at the low scaffold and fell after it. He evidently thought that the cage was there | |||||
| Fulton, Alexander, 07 Aug 1906, aged 27, Fireman, He fell 34 fathoms from a mid-working to the pit bottom | |||||
| Nottman, Thomas, 17 Oct 1890, aged 19, Miner, Fall of roof at working face | |||||
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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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cauldhame Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cauldhame 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
- 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
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), 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
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