	Elgin and Wellwood Colliery	Index	Elgin and Wellwood Colliery

Elgin and Wellwood Colliery

Location:	Dunfermline 1½ miles [2 km] NNW of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT087894, 56° 5' 20" N, 3° 27' 59" W
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Pits:	Arthur Pit, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT083901
	Balmule Pit, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT078900
	Colton Pit, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT096900
	Colton Pit No. 2, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT096900
	Leadside Pit
Owners:	Earl of Elgin
	Thomas Spowart and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Arthur Pit - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Leadside Pit - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Leadside Pit - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 263 (209 below, 54 surface)
	1896 - 173 (133 below, 40 surface)
	1900 - 158 (125 below, 33 surface)
	1905 - 224 (185 below, 39 surface)
	1910 - 270 (224 below, 46 surface)
	1915 - Arthur Pit - 104 (83 below, 21 surface)
	1915 - Leadside Pit - 38 (28 below, 10 surface)
	1915 - Leadside Pit - 141 (112 below, 29 surface)
	1920 - Arthur Pit - 133 (111 below, 22 surface)
	1920 - Leadside Pit - 47 (37 below, 10 surface)
	1920 - Leadside Pit - 168 (130 below, 38 surface)
	1923 - 350 (290 below, 60 surface)
	1933 - 300 (250 below, 50 surface)
	1940 - 300 (250 below, 50 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Eight Feet, Five Feet, Mynheer, Splint, Swallow Drum, Three Feet
	1910 - Cairncubie, Eight Feet, Five Feet, Mynheer, Splint, Swallow-Drum
	1915 - Cairncubie, Eight Feet, Ell, Five Feet, Mynheer, Six Feet, Splint, Swallow-Drum, Two Feet
	1920 - Arthur Pit - Cairncubie, Ell, Glassee, Mynheer, Six Feet, Splint, Swallowdrum, Two Feet
	1920 - Leadside Pit - Cairncubie, Ell, Glassee, Mynheer, Six Feet, Splint, Swallowdrum, Two Feet
	1920 - Leadside Pit - Cairncubie, Ell, Glassee, Mynheer, Six Feet, Splint, Swallowdrum, Two Feet

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!

						Beveridge, Andrew, 30 Mar 1884, aged 35, Oversman, Suffocated by smoke and fumes while endeavouring to reach, by the return air course, the seat of a fire at an underground engine
						Borwick, George, 28 Dec 1859, Collier, By fall of stone from the roof of an upper working while ascending [More information ...]
						Bower, John, 21 Jul 1899, aged 48, Miner, Fall of blase from the roof at the face of a longwall level going parallel to a trouble. The roof was lypey
						Drysdale, John, 30 Mar 1910, aged 15, Rake Runner, Fell in front of rake of hutches and was run over
						German, Francis, 19 Mar 1889, aged 34, Miner, Fall of roof
						Gray, John, 18 Jul 1853, Fall of coal
						Hunter, William, 30 Mar 1884, aged 44, Roadsman, Suffocated by smoke and fumes while endeavouring to reach, by the return air course, the seat of a fire at an underground engine
						James, Nisbett, 28 Dec 1859, Collier, By fall of stone from the roof of an upper working while ascending [More information ...]
						Lyle, John, 28 Dec 1859, Collier, By fall of stone from the roof of an upper working while ascending [More information ...]
						Morrison, Robert, 14 Jan 1895, 1.20 p.m., aged 25, Miner, Fall of coal
						Stenhouse, Thomas, 30 Mar 1883, aged 27, Suffocated by smoke
						Stenhouse, Thomas, 30 Mar 1884, aged 27, Roadsman, Suffocated by smoke and fumes while endeavouring to reach, by the return air course, the seat of a fire at an underground engine
						Sutherland, John, 18 Jan 1907, aged 23, Miner, Deceased was taking coal off the face, when the roof burst suddenly and in trying to escape he ran right under the falling part, and was killed instantly
						Whitehead, Daniel, 07 Aug 1858, Collier, By fall of coal at face of workings
						Wishart, John, 08 Feb 1910, aged 38, Miner, Fall of stone from roof at coal face

						15 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1853 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Lancaster and Robert Williams, H.M. Inspectors of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1859 Mines Inspectors Report, East of Scotland District by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, 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
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