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Dockra Colliery
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| Location: | Barrmill 9½ miles [15 km] NNW of Kilmarnock |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 63 Firth of Clyde) NS366518, 55° 43' 55" N, 4° 36' 4" W |
| Opened: | 1896 |
| Closed: | 1918 |
| Owners: | Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. |
| Merry and Cuninghame, Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1896 - Ironstone. |
| 1900 - Ironstone. | |
| 1905 - Ironstone. | |
| 1910 - Coal, Ironstone. | |
| 1915 - Coal, Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 0 [Sinking] |
| 1900 - 78 (68 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1905 - 110 (94 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1910 - 136 (115 below, 21 surface) | |
| 1915 - 79 (60 below, 19 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Clay band |
| 1915 - Clayband Ironstone | |
| 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!
 | McCann, Thomas, jnr., 26 Oct 1905, aged 16, Chain runner, In some unexplained manner he was run over by a "race" of full hutches which he was taking up a dook | |||||
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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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
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 Dockra Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dockra Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), 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
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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