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Greenrigg Colliery

Location:	Fauldhouse 12 miles [20 km] N of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS919629, 55° 50' 50" N, 3° 43' 36" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	United Collieries Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone.
	1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Manufacturing, Steam. (135,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
Employment:	1905 - 12 (4 below, 8 surface)
	1910 - 434 (350 below, 84 surface)
	1915 - 351 (266 below, 85 surface)
	1920 - 335 (257 below, 78 surface)
	1923 - 382 (308 below, 74 surface)
	1933 - 500 (410 below, 90 surface)
	1940 - 492 (400 below, 92 surface)
	1947 - 463 (346 below, 117 surface)
	1954 - 626 (479 below, 147 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Main
	1910 - Main, Mill
	1915 - Main, Mill
	1920 - Ball, Main, Mill
	1954 - Ball, Colinburn, Mill
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!

						Hardie, Henry, 30 Apr 1915, Knocked down by a rake of runaway hutches
						Jackson, Richard, 08 Aug 1912, aged 19, Clipper, A rake of four full hutches he had attached to an endless rope by means of a "Smallman" clip became detached, and ran back, caught and killed him. He had only started as a clipper on the day of the accident, and had not been properly instructed how to attach the clip to the rope
						McIntyre, John, 08 Feb 1909, aged 16, Drawer, Deceased was filling a tub with coal, when the roof suddenly fell upon him
						Neilson, Alexander, 01 Oct 1908, aged 38, Miner, Deceased was making a stable near the shaft, and while taking off coal a stone fell from the roof and killed him instantly
						Ross, Charles, 09 Feb 1910, aged 56, Miner, Fall of stone from roof
						Shields, Frank, 04 Mar 1910, aged 33, Bottomer, He opened the gate at a mid-working and pushed a hutch into the shaft when the cage was not there, and fell with it to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 84 feet
						Watson, John, 17 Aug 1913, (accident: 15 Aug 1913), aged 50, Coal Cutting Machine Driver, He had finished his cut and was leaning over the machine to slacken the haulage rope off, when the hook, by which it was attached to machine, broke and hit him on the face. He died on 17th

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Scotland Division (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
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