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Houldsworth Colliery [AYR]

Location:	Patna 8 miles [13 km] SE of Ayr
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS424118, 55° 22' 29" N, 4° 29' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1947 - Houldsworth - Coal: Industrial. (81,000 tons)
	1954 - Houldsworth - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1900 - 48 (23 below, 25 surface)
	1905 - 328 (292 below, 36 surface)
	1910 - 381 (336 below, 45 surface)
	1915 - 350 (313 below, 37 surface)
	1920 - 331 (288 below, 43 surface)
	1923 - Houldsworth - 320 (280 below, 40 surface)
	1933 - Houldsworth - 260 (226 below, 34 surface)
	1937 - Houldsworth - 300 (236 below, 64 surface)
	1940 - Houldsworth - 280 (225 below, 55 surface)
	1947 - Houldsworth - 248 (210 below, 38 surface)
	1954 - Houldsworth - 337 (292 below, 45 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Patna
	1915 - Patna Thick Coal
	1920 - Patna Thick Coal
	1954 - Houldsworth - Diamond, Patna
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!

						Campbell, William, 03 May 1902, aged 19, Labourer, Crushed between pithead scaffold and a waggon on which he was riding
						Clark, William, 10 Nov 1901, aged 31, Winding Engineman, When assisting to put rails on the cage at the pit mouth his foot slipped down between the cage and the side of the shaft. He fell on the hutch guard and was fatally injured
						McDermont, James, 02 Sep 1906, aged 62, Miner, While being lowered with other 13 men in the cage, the engineman lost control of his engine. The valve gearing being reversed, the cage on landing in the bottom was at once raised 13 feet. Scott was crushed between the cage and a beam at the doorheads, and McDermott was also either similarly crushed or fell out The oversman who was on the cage was injured [More information ...]
						Myers, John, 22 Jan 1904, aged 42, Sinker, Knocked off a scaffold by buntons which were dislodged by a column of pipes slipping through glands which suspended them [More information ...]
						Robertson, John, 12 Apr 1907, aged 31, Locomotive Guard, When pinching forward waggons others moved forward behind and crushed him
						Scott, John, 02 Sep 1906, aged 22, Drawer, While being lowered with other 13 men in the cage, the engineman lost control of his engine. The valve gearing being reversed, the cage on landing in the bottom was at once raised 13 feet. Scott was crushed between the cage and a beam at the doorheads, and McDermott was also either similarly crushed or fell out The oversman who was on the cage was injured [More information ...]
						Stevenson, Thomas, 14 Mar 1912, aged 36, Night Fireman, He was engaged repairing a road. The roof began to move, and he, along with his neighbour fireman stepped back into a place which they thought safe, when a stone fell from the roof, killing him instantly
						Travers, James, 03 Jun 1912, aged 50, Collier, A fall of roof stone caught the deceased whilst he was passing along his working face ; the fall came away from between two lypes

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), 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
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (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
1937 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