Douglas Castle Colliery

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	Douglas Castle Colliery	Index	Douglas Castle Colliery

Location:	Douglas West, Lanark 9 miles [14 km] SSW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale, 72 Upper Clyde Valley) NS821312, 55° 33' 37" N, 3° 52' 10" W
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Owners:	Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (21,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1915 - 201 (155 below, 46 surface)
	1920 - 339 (267 below, 72 surface)
	1923 - 290 (225 below, 65 surface)
	1933 - 350 (266 below, 84 surface)
	1940 - 424 (300 below, 124 surface)
	1947 - 388 (260 below, 128 surface)
	1954 - 415 (288 below, 127 surface)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Nine Feet, Seven Feet
	1920 - Nine Feet, Seven Feet Dunglass
	1954 - Dunglass, Four Feet, Humph, Nine Feet, Seven Feet
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Bulloch, Robert, 08 Jan 1924, (accident: 03 Jan 1924, 6.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 43, Fireman, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Gold, John, 01 May 1922, 12 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 54, Bricklayers' Labourer, At a point on a level road in a seam dipping 1 in 1 widening operations were in progress for the purpose of installing a haulage preparatory to sinking a dook. Without warning a fall of roof occurred on the level and killed Gold instantly. The stone which fell was triangular, 6 ft. 8 in. by 5 ft. 9in. by 4 ft. 6 in. and 8 in. thick, bounded by a "lype" and smooth joints. There was a large area (18 ft. by 31 ft.) of roof exposed with only 5 or 6 props as supports

McPherson, Hector, 06 Aug 1934, Fireman, crushed by trucks

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1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1922 Mines Inspectors Report
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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Scotland Division (No. 1) by J. Masterton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
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
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