	Dalquhandy Colliery	Index	Dalquhandy Colliery

Dalquhandy Colliery

Location:	Coalburn 8 miles [13 km] SW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS799340, 55° 35' 8" N, 3° 54' 19" W
Opened:	1890
Closed:	1920
Owners:	Waddell and Sons
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - No. 5 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 185 (164 below, 21 surface)
	1896 - 155 (132 below, 23 surface)
	1900 - 271 (228 below, 43 surface)
	1905 - 179 (136 below, 43 surface)
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 115 (78 below, 37 surface)
	1920 - No. 5 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 168 (128 below, 40 surface)
	1923 - No. 5 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 1 and 3 - 102 (63 below, 39 surface)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Six Feet
	1920 - No. 5 - Ell, Lower Splint, Nine Feet, Six Feet
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Ell, Lower Splint, Nine Feet, Six Feet
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Blackwood, Hugh, 09 Aug 1905, aged 15, Pony driver, He had gone into a working place for a hutch when the roof fell on him
						Devereux, Philip, 12 Jan 1904, aged 28, Miner, Fall of coal and clay while taking it down
						Donaldson, John, 16 Nov 1905, aged 42, Miner, Fall of roof in working place while redding. The roof was not propped as required by the regulations
						Drain, Robert, 08 Apr 1904, aged 24, Miner, Fall of head coal (roof)
						Freeley, Charles, 03 Oct 1901, aged 23, Trimmer, While illegally spragging a waggon with a 6 foot prop the sprag knocked him in front of the wheels
						Gloag, James, 29 Mar 1901, aged 42, Miner, Fall of coal
						Jeffery, James, 05 Oct 1899, aged 14, Miner's boy, Deceased was in front of a loaded tub in coming down a dipping road ; he attempted to stop it by stiffening his body so that it acted as a stay, and the pressure of the tub caused a compound fracture of the left leg from which he died a few hours later. Going in front of a loaded tub on an inclined road is prohibited by Additional Special Rule 5
						Lamb, David, 03 Apr 1908, aged 57, Carpenter, He fell from the top of a new coal washer building, owing to the slipping of a plank on which he was standing

						8 names found

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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
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), 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
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
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
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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