	Haywood Colliery	Index	Haywood Colliery

Haywood Colliery

Location:	Haywood, by Lanark 9 miles [14 km] NE of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS977547, 55° 46' 32" N, 3° 37' 52" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Haywood Coal Co.
	Haywood Gas Coal Co.
	Haywood Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - No. 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 498 (372 below, 126 surface)
	1896 - 385 (320 below, 65 surface)
	1900 - 230 (204 below, 26 surface)
	1905 - 13 (9 below, 4 surface)
	1915 - 14 (10 below, 4 surface)
	1920 - 0 [Closed]
	1920 - No. 2 - 33 (25 below, 8 surface)
	1923 - 47 (40 below, 7 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Rough
	1915 - Under Coal
	1920 - Under Coal [Closed 30/11/19. Plan to H.O. 1/11/20]
	1920 - No. 2 - Under Coal
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!

						Adam, Alexander, 21 Jun 1892, 2.10 a.m., 11th hour of shift, aged 45, Brusher, Fell down pit
						Britton, James, 12 Jun 1891, 7.10 a.m., aged 20, Pitbottomer, Fell down shaft
						Campbell, James, 29 Dec 1894, 8.50 p.m., aged 23, Assistant pitheadman, Fell down shaft
						Cook, Allan, 09 Mar 1876, aged 14, Incline brakesman, [On Inclined Planes] A full hutch he was holding back, while the incline hook was being attached, ran over him
						Crawford, Robert, 14 Jul 1879, aged 15, Timeer, Run over by waggons while shifting them
						Finlay, John, 28 Dec 1895, 10 a.m., aged 23, Miner, Fall of stone
						Hutcheson, T., 12 Sep 1870, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof
						Kirk, George, 13 Dec 1883, aged 42, Pitheadman, Crushed between the buffers of two waggons while leaning against the first waggon. It was supposed that the wind drove the second waggon forward
						McCombie, David, 18 Oct 1894, 1 p.m., aged 55, Labourer, Caught by pulley
						McNab, Charles, 15 Dec 1876, aged 23, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face. Longwall
						Pillans, Robert, 03 Sep 1869, aged 33, Collier, Squeezed by hutch on incline
						Steel, M., 12 Nov 1868, aged 45, Overman, Fall of roof while knocking out props
						Tweedie, James, 03 Feb 1876, aged 16, Pitheadman's Assistant, [Falling into Shaft from Surface] It was supposed he had opened the gates at the low platform, and was struck by the cage while looking down the shaft

						13 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), 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), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
1905 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