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Hirstrigg Colliery |
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Hirstrigg Colliery |
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Hirstrigg Colliery
| Location: |
Shotts
12½ miles [20 km] NNW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS855633, 55° 50' 58" N, 3° 49' 44" W |
| Opened: |
1900 |
| Closed: |
1944 |
| Pits: |
No. 1 Pit |
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No. 2 Pit |
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No. 3 Pit |
| Owners: |
Hirst Coal Co., Ltd. |
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Garscube Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Output: |
1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1900 - 22 (5 below, 17 surface) [Sinking] |
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1905 - 263 (231 below, 32 surface) |
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1910 - 251 (205 below, 46 surface) |
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1915 - 182 (140 below, 42 surface) |
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1920 - 193 (153 below, 40 surface) |
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1923 - Nos. 1, 2 and 3 - 250 (200 below, 50 surface) |
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1933 - 278 (218 below, 60 surface) |
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1940 - 225 (180 below, 45 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell |
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1910 - Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell |
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1915 - Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell |
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1920 - Kiltongue, Mid and Lower Drumgray, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hirstrigg Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hirstrigg Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 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
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