Fairhill Colliery

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Fairhill Colliery	Index	Fairhill Colliery

Location:	Hamilton 10½ miles [17 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS711543, 55° 45' 56" N, 4° 3' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Archibald Russell
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 386 (316 below, 70 surface)
	1896 - 322 (250 below, 72 surface)
	1900 - 217 (180 below, 37 surface)
	1905 - 65 (30 below, 35 surface) [Abandoned 18 Jan., 1906]
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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Jack, William, 26 Oct 1894, 9 p.m., aged 44, Miner, Fall of stone while drawing wood

Kyle, Patrick, 14 Jan 1895, 2.30 p.m., aged 16, Miner, Fall of coal

2 names found

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