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| Location: | Airdrie 13 miles [20 km] E of Glasgow |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS789644, 55° 51' 30" N, 3° 56' 2" W |
| Opened: | 1875 |
| Closed: | Dec 1930 |
| Owners: | Ormiston and Co. |
| Gartness Mineral Co., Ltd. | |
| Gartness Coal Co., Ltd. | |
| Waverley Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. | |
| Gartness Coal Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 258 (226 below, 32 surface) |
| 1896 - 198 (173 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1900 - 120 (101 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1910 - 92 (78 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1915 - 59 (49 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1920 - 139 (111 below, 28 surface) | |
| 1923 - 125 (107 below, 18 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Upper Drumgray |
| 1915 - Splint, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell [Main Coal Seam abandoned 26/5/15. Plan to H.O. 9/7/15] | |
| 1920 - Splint, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell |
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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!
 | Colligan, Robert, 04 Nov 1893, 1.40 p.m., aged 30, Railway guard, Crushed by waggons | |||||
| Fanlan, Thomas, 13 Jun 1890, 3.00 a.m., aged 34, Brusher, Explosion of gunpowder | |||||
| Hewitt, Henry, 31 Jan 1880, aged 26, Locomotive brakesman, Jammed between buffers while passing out after coupling a wagon to the engine | |||||
| Woodhead, David, 19 Jul 1875, aged 20, Collier, [Falling from part way down] Fell through hole in the scaffold, of which he had got no warning | |||||
| 4 names 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gartness Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gartness Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1900 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
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