	Glenclelland Colliery	Index	Glenclelland Colliery

Glenclelland Colliery

Location:	Wishaw 10½ miles [17 km] NW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS785571, 55° 47' 34" N, 3° 56' 14" W
Opened:	1854
Closed:	1930
Owners:	Kerr and Mitchell
	Horn (Glasgow), Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone and Oil Shale.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone, Oil shale. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone, Oil Shale. Fireclay.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 140 (108 below, 32 surface)
	1900 - 317 (265 below, 52 surface)
	1905 - 176 (137 below, 39 surface)
	1910 - 42 (32 below, 10 surface)
	1915 - 98 (80 below, 18 surface)
	1920 - 143 (115 below, 28 surface)
	1923 - 299 (263 below, 36 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Kiltongue, Virtuewell
	1910 - Humph
	1915 - Humph, Main [Ell Seam. Abandoned July, 1915]
	1920 - Humph, Splint

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!

						Connor, John, 30 Apr 1891, Labourer, Crushed between two waggons
						Fleming, James, 01 Jan 1891, aged 27, Miner, Fall of coal at stoops
						Gallacher, John, 03 Mar 1870, aged 16, Collier, Piece of coal he was holing fell over on him
						Gibson, William, 08 Dec 1891, aged 47, Miner, Premature ignition of a shot while lighting it
						Hill, Frances, 03 Oct 1857, Drawer, Fall of coal at face of working
						Macfarlane, Hugh, 16 Apr 1855, Falling of a scaffold at pithead
						McCarron, James, 25 Mar 1892, aged 26, Miner, Fall of coal
						McIver, William, 18 Aug 1893, 9 a.m., aged 41, Miner, Fall of coal and shale from working face
						McLaren, John, 09 Oct 1881, aged 45, Collier, Fall of side ; at stooping in main coal
						Monaghan, Patrick, 03 Apr 1880, (accident: 31 Jan 1880), Collier, Fall of side. While taking down coal head. Died 3rd Apr
						Russell, Edward, 16 May 1882, aged 57, Roadsman, Fall of roof. On road while redding a fall; stoop and room
						Schneider, William, 08 Aug 1899, aged 36, Miner, While descending the shaft on the lower deck of the cage he put out his head to listen to a companion speaking, and got jammed between the cage and the pit mouth. It was his first day at the pit
						Sharp, Richard, 17 Mar 1883, aged 13, Office boy, Fell off a waggon, on which he was riding for amusement, and was run over

						13 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
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