	Hindsward Colliery	Index	Hindsward Colliery

Hindsward Colliery

Location:	Cumnock 12 miles [19 km] ESE of Ayr
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS525169, 55° 25' 28" N, 4° 19' 47" W
Opened:	1880
Closed:	1925
Owners:	Eglinton Iron Company
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
	1915 - Coal: Household.
	1920 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 117 (103 below, 14 surface)
	1896 - 143 (126 below, 17 surface)
	1900 - 116 (103 below, 13 surface)
	1905 - 117 (103 below, 14 surface)
	1910 - 105 (91 below, 14 surface)
	1915 - 105 (74 below, 31 surface)
	1920 - 91 (61 below, 30 surface)
	1923 - 46 (40 below, 6 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Main
	1915 - Main
	1920 - 30-inch, Main
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!

						McCoy, Michael, 09 May 1902, aged 17, Waggon trimmer, Whilst crossing the rails at the screes he was run over by railway company's van. No whistle was blown to give warning of the approach of the train

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
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