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  King 'o Muirs Colliery  Index  King 'o Muirs Colliery  
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King 'o Muirs Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Alloa
5½ miles [9 km] E of Stirling
Map Ref: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NS879953, 56° 8' 14" N, 3° 48' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits: No. 1 Pit
No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NS872959
No. 3 Pit, locn: (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NS872959
Owners: Alloa Coal Co., Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (18,640 tons)
1954 - Coal: Household.
Employment: 1940 - 19 (15 below, 4 surface)
1947 - 31 (28 below, 3 surface)
1954 - 73 (64 below, 9 surface)
Seams Worked: 1954 - Lower Five Feet
Notes:

Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of King 'o Muirs Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to King 'o Muirs Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 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

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