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Littlemill Colliery
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| Location: | Rankinston 7½ miles [12 km] SE of Ayr |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS441145, 55° 23' 59" N, 4° 27' 44" W |
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| Owners: | Coylton Coal Co. |
| Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (39,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Nos. 2, 3 and 5 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1933 - 200 (150 below, 50 surface) |
| 1937 - Nos. 2 and 3 - 178 (142 below, 36 surface) | |
| 1940 - Nos. 2 and 3 - 151 (121 below, 30 surface) | |
| 1947 - 157 (130 below, 27 surface) | |
| 1954 - Nos. 2, 3 and 5 - 243 (186 below, 57 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Nos. 2, 3 and 5 - Ell No. 5 Sinking, Upper Ell |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Littlemill Colliery |
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| 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!
 | Clark, Gavin, 14 Dec 1909, aged 21, Chain-runner, Jammed against timber by runaway hutch in engine dook | |||||
| Crombie, Benjamin, 07 May 1912, 12.25 p.m., aged 14, Drawer, He was employed in a "fast" place in faulted ground with his father. After a shot had been fired the father tested at the face for gas and found none. He and his boy went in to work with naked lights, and ignited gas close to the end of brattice, 30 feet from the face itself. Both were burned, the boy so severely that he died next day | |||||
| Speir, Robert, jun., 07 Dec 1910, aged 19, Bottomer, Opened the gate at a mid-working in the shaft and pushed forward a loaded hutch into the open shaft ; he fell with it a distance of about 105 feet. The only light he had was the one he carried in his cap, and it is possible if a fixed light had been provided he might have seen the cage was not opposite the landing, and so prevented the accident | |||||
| 3 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Littlemill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Littlemill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), West Scotland District (No. 2) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1937 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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