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Lady Helen Colliery
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| Location: | Cardenden 9 miles [14 km] ENE of Dunfermline |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT216934, 56° 7' 37" N, 3° 15' 41" W |
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| Owners: | Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1915 - Lady Helen - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
| 1920 - Lady Helen - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Anthracite, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. (131,600 tons) | |
| 1948 - Lady Helen and West Mine - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1915 - Lady Helen - 124 (95 below, 29 surface) |
| 1920 - Lady Helen - 356 (312 below, 44 surface) | |
| 1923 - 240 (150 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1933 - 520 (450 below, 70 surface) | |
| 1940 - 390 (300 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1947 - 318 (228 below, 90 surface) | |
| 1948 - Lady Helen and West Mine - 342 (250 below, 92 surface) | |
| 1954 - 344 (287 below, 57 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1915 - Lady Helen - Glassee, Lochgelly, Mynheer |
| 1920 - Lady Helen - Glassee, Lochgelly, Mynheer | |
| 1948 - Lady Helen and West Mine - Rough | |
| 1954 - Blairhall Smithy | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Barnett, Peter, 24 Nov 1935, Crushed by trees | ||||
| | Gray, William, 11 Nov 1931, Struck by hutch | ||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lady Helen Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lady Helen Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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