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Ladylands Colliery
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| Location: | Shotts 10½ miles [17 km] NNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS848597, 55° 49' 2" N, 3° 50' 19" W |
| Opened: | 1890 |
| Closed: | 1920 |
| Owners: | Coltness Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 118 (97 below, 21 surface) |
| 1896 - 96 (77 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1900 - 105 (83 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1905 - 103 (81 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1910 - 22 (10 below, 12 surface) [Sinking to lower seams] | |
| 1915 - 104 (71 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1920 - 115 (82 below, 33 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lower Drumgray |
| 1915 - Mid Drumgray | |
| 1920 - Main, Mid Drumgray | |
| 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!
 | Hunter, David, 06 Dec 1910, aged 36, Pit Sinker, On arriving at the mine he was intoxicated and fell into an unfenced hole about four feet in depth. When found he was quite dead. It was night time and his body not discovered till the following morning | |||||
| McMaster, James, 22 Feb 1904, aged 70, Miner, After quarelling with his son he went to the setting tank and threw himself in. Suicide by drowning. | |||||
| 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ladylands Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ladylands Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, 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
- 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
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