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Gateside Colliery
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| Location: | Kirkconnel 21½ miles [34 km] SSW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS765114, 55° 22' 52" N, 3° 56' 58" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1900 - Gateside - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1905 - Gateside - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Gateside - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Nos. 4 and 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Nos. 4 and 5 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1947 - Gateside - Coal: Gas, Industrial. (53,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1900 - Gateside - 138 (114 below, 24 surface) |
| 1905 - Gateside - 175 (146 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1910 - Gateside - 318 (262 below, 56 surface) | |
| 1915 - Nos. 4 and 5 - 282 (220 below, 62 surface) | |
| 1920 - Nos. 4 and 5 - 430 (300 below, 130 surface) | |
| 1923 - 502 (390 below, 112 surface) | |
| 1933 - Nos. 4 and 5 - 308 (238 below, 70 surface) | |
| 1937 - Nos. 4 and 5 - 243 (190 below, 53 surface) | |
| 1940 - Nos. 4 and 5 - 250 (190 below, 60 surface) | |
| 1947 - Gateside - 182 (141 below, 41 surface) | |
| 1954 - 410 (306 below, 104 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Gateside - Splint |
| 1915 - Nos. 4 and 5 - Splint | |
| 1920 - Nos. 4 and 5 - Splint | |
| 1954 - Calmstone, Creepie, Daugh, Splint | |
| 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!
 | Shankland, Robert, 16 May 1855, Fall of roof at face of working | |||||
| 1 name 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.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gateside Colliery (DFS)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gateside Colliery (DFS)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 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
- 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
- 1937 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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