	Knockterra Colliery	Index	Knockterra Colliery

Knockterra Colliery

Location:	Cumnock 13 miles [21 km] E of Ayr
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS545189, 55° 26' 35" N, 4° 17' 58" W
Opened:	1880
Closed:	1910
Owners:	Eglinton Iron Co.
	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 130 (115 below, 15 surface)
	1896 - 135 (120 below, 15 surface)
	1900 - 136 (119 below, 17 surface)
	1905 - 49 (41 below, 8 surface)
	1910 - 52 (43 below, 9 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - 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!

						Burns, John, 28 Nov 1883, aged 27, Brusher, Fall of roof
						Cairns, Patrick, 01 May 1878, aged 21, Hillman, Was run over by a waggon he was in the act of shifting
						Cree, Thomas, 15 Feb 1900, aged 15, Miner, While drawing a hutch along a road a stone from the roof fell upon him
						Davidson, Thomas, 09 Jun 1889, (accident: 21 May 1889), aged 30, Fireman, Fall of roof while drawing props (injured on 21st ultimo)
						Hunter, Thomas, 09 Apr 1902, aged 29, Roadsman, Fall of roof while drawing props
						McAulay, William, 27 Jul 1898, aged 65, Miner, While drawing a full hutch over the brow of an incline, and having omitted to attach the chain, the hutch ran over him
						McCulloch, David, 27 Apr 1877, aged 14, Boy, Was run over by empty waggons at the scree

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), 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
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, 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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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