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Greenhill Colliery
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| Location: | Ochiltree 9½ miles [16 km] ESE of Ayr |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS482153, 55° 24' 29" N, 4° 23' 53" W |
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| Owners: | Polquhairn Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1915 - Greenhill - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| 1920 - Greenhill - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. | |
| 1947 - Greenhill - Coal: Household, Industrial. (23,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Greenhill - Coal: Household. | |
| Employment: | 1910 - Greenhill - 60 (54 below, 6 surface) |
| 1915 - Greenhill - 50 (42 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1920 - Greenhill - 61 (55 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1923 - Greenhill - 46 (37 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1940 - Greenhill - 0 [inc. In Polquhairn] | |
| 1947 - Greenhill - 64 (50 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1954 - Greenhill - 70 (52 below, 18 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Greenhill - Turf, Wee |
| 1915 - Greenhill - Splint, Turf, Wee | |
| 1920 - Greenhill - Linnbed, Main, Splint, Turf, Wee | |
| 1954 - Greenhill - Pennyvenie Low | |
| 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)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Greenhill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Greenhill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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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