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Foulshiels Colliery
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| Location: | Stoneyburn 13½ miles [22 km] NNE of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS977634, 55° 51' 11" N, 3° 38' 4" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | Loganlea Coal Co., Ltd. |
| United Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (135,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Steam. Blaes. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 42 (32 below, 10 surface) |
| 1896 - 84 (64 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1900 - 136 (100 below, 36 surface) | |
| 1905 - 225 (170 below, 55 surface) | |
| 1910 - 281 (210 below, 71 surface) | |
| 1915 - 322 (255 below, 67 surface) | |
| 1920 - 463 (347 below, 116 surface) | |
| 1923 - 455 (347 below, 108 surface) | |
| 1933 - 539 (420 below, 119 surface) | |
| 1940 - 553 (450 below, 103 surface) | |
| 1947 - 416 (332 below, 84 surface) | |
| 1954 - 462 (367 below, 95 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - China, Lady Morton, Main |
| 1910 - China, Lady Morton, Main | |
| 1915 - China, Lady Morton, Main | |
| 1920 - China, Lady Morton, Main | |
| 1954 - China, Lady Morton, Smithy | |
| 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!
 | Edgar, Joseph, 24 Apr 1924, 4.30 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 34, Miner, He was taking down coal near the waste side of a stooping place when a 6 ft. wide slab of roof between the last bar and the face fell from between two lypes. About 2 tons of roof came away and a piece weighing half a ton fell on to him. He was dead when extricated half an hour later. The place was inspected by a fireman 2 hours prior to the accident and reported safe. The timbering rule required timber within 6 ft. 6 ins. of the face, which is too wide for stooping places | |||||
| Sneddon, Joseph, 26 Oct 1910, aged 15, Drawer, He went down a "cuddle" brae to lift an empty hutch on which had become derailed near meetings and then signalled to the brakesman to start again. He must have forgotten about the loaded train as he was caught by it | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
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 Foulshiels Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Foulshiels 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
- 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
- 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
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