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Faskine Colliery

Location:	Airdrie 11 miles [18 km] E of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS763633, 55° 50' 51" N, 3° 58' 33" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William Baird and Company
	Castlecary Fireclay Co., Ltd.
	Faskine and Placecraig Brick and Coal Ltd.
Output:	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1910 - 69 (60 below, 9 surface)
	1915 - 59 (48 below, 11 surface)
	1920 - 57 (50 below, 7 surface)
	1923 - 57 (50 below, 7 surface)
	1933 - 16 (13 below, 3 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Ell
	1915 - Ell, Humph [Pyotshaw seam abandoned]
	1920 - Ell, Humph, Main
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!

						Ashwood, William, 24 Jul 1868, aged 58, Miner, Was struck by his "pinch," which slipped while he was forcing off a piece of ironstone at the face
						Baxter, Robert, 12 Dec 1864, aged 60, Labourer, By a boiler bursting
						McIlvane, John, 31 Oct 1861, aged 46, Bottomer, Fell from a mid-working [More information ...]
						Reid, James, 19 Sep 1873, Miner, Overwinding ; was drawn over the pullies [More information ...]
						Smith, James, 21 Dec 1869, aged 18, Sinker, Fall of roof at face while engaged securing it

						5 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, West Scotland District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), West Scotland District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, 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
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