	Grasshill Colliery	Index	Grasshill Colliery

Grasshill Colliery

Location:	Glenbuck, Muirkirk 12½ miles [20 km] SW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS744298, 55° 32' 46" N, 3° 59' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS745295
Owners:	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
	Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 89 (75 below, 14 surface)
	1896 - 127 (107 below, 20 surface)
	1900 - 151 (129 below, 22 surface)
	1905 - 216 (188 below, 28 surface)
	1910 - 233 (201 below, 32 surface)
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 233 (199 below, 34 surface)
	1920 - 202 (167 below, 35 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 217 (183 below, 34 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 180 (150 below, 30 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Six Feet, Three Feet
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Six Feet, Three Feet
	1920 - Four Feet, Nine Feet, Six Feet, Three Feet
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!

						Allison, Archibald, 19 Jul 1922, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 20, Miner's drawer, He was employed as a wheelman on a cousie brae. An empty tub, becoming detached from the brae chain, ran into him, inflicting injuries from which he died about 16 hours later
						Clark, Hugh, 11 Nov 1908, aged 68, Roadsman, Fall of roof in working place while redding across an old road. He had been working beyond where the roof was supported by props
						Dalziel, George, 04 Oct 1899, aged 47, Engineman, When cleaning and oiling beam pumping engine while at rest, he slipped and fell backwards, a distance of nine feet
						McWhirter, Hugh, 24 May 1886, aged 14, Incline attdnt., Killed at foot of self-acting incline by a runaway hutch
						Muir, John, 10 Nov 1914, aged 66, Picking Tableman, Whilst proceeding from the picking tables to the ground floor the platform leading to the stairs suddenly gave way, and he was precipitated to the floor, a distance of 12 feet. He died three hours later from rupture of the liver
						Wallace, Thomas, 17 Oct 1905, aged 20, Miner, When taking down coal he failed to get clear when it fell

						6 names found

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Credits

Sources:

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
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)), 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
1922 Mines Inspectors Report
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