	Holmes Colliery [AYR]	Index	Holmes Colliery [AYR]

Holmes Colliery [AYR]

Location:	Galston 3½ miles [6 km] ESE of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS480363, 55° 35' 49" N, 4° 24' 42" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	John Horne
	Gauchalland Coal Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 51 (42 below, 9 surface)
	1896 - 40 (33 below, 7 surface)
	1900 - 94 (79 below, 15 surface)
	1905 - 116 (101 below, 15 surface)
	1910 - 111 (95 below, 16 surface)
	1915 - 130 (109 below, 21 surface)
	1920 - 369 (304 below, 65 surface)
	1923 - 311 (262 below, 49 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Major, McNaught, Stone, Tourha'
	1915 - Major, Tourha'
	1920 - Major, McNaught, Tourha'

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!

						Angus, James, 29 Nov 1865, aged 61, Roadsman, Fall of roof
						Borland, Matthew, 12 Aug 1865, aged 15, Drawer, Fall of roof
						Brown, William, 14 Mar 1856, Crushed bewteen the cage and the side of the shaft [More information ...]
						Campbell, James, 09 Aug 1865, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof
						Drummond, William, 24 Apr 1869, aged 60, Waggoner, Was run over by a waggon from a "back-lye" when shifting the switches near to the screen
						Gray, David, 30 Dec 1888, Pony driver, Drowned while riding on a pony into water
						McGill, Daniel, 11 Jun 1883, (accident: 12 Apr 1883), aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof. Injured 12th April, died 11th June
						McKail, James, 04 May 1875, aged 21, Engineman, Got entangled with the pumpng machinery
						McMahon, John, 29 Nov 1865, aged 40, Roadsman, Fall of roof
						Morrison, Robert, 05 Dec 1910, (accident: 28 Nov 1910), aged 30, Miner, He was lying holing coal when a fall of overhanging roof stone took place and so severely injured him that he died on December 5th. The stone should have been supported
						Nisbet, William, 21 Aug 1866, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof
						Ramage, Thomas, 20 Nov 1854, Fall of coal at face
						White, John, 04 Nov 1871, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

						13 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), West Scotland District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888-02
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), 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