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Loudoun Colliery

Location:	Galston 6 miles [9 km] E of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS520372, 55° 36' 23" N, 4° 20' 56" W
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Pits:	No. 1 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS497372
	No. 2 Pit
	No. 3 Pit
Owners:	Portland Iron Company
	Eglinton Iron Co.
	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
	Burnbank and Grougar Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - No. 3 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - No. 3 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 80 (65 below, 15 surface)
	1896 - 95 (83 below, 12 surface)
	1900 - 162 (135 below, 27 surface)
	1905 - 175 (145 below, 30 surface)
	1910 - 201 (168 below, 33 surface)
	1915 - No. 3 - 237 (185 below, 52 surface)
	1920 - No. 3 - 43 (23 below, 20 surface)
	1923 - No. 2 - 115 (97 below, 18 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Major, McNaught, Tourha'
	1915 - No. 3 - Main, Major, McNaught, Tourha'
	1920 - No. 3 - Major, Tourha'
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!

						Brown, James, 14 Jul 1884, aged 42, Collier, Fall of coal at face
						Gibson, Archibald, 04 Feb 1898, aged 25, Brusher, Fall of roof at coal face while knocking out a prop preparatory to brushing
						Hamilton, Robert, 20 Oct 1885, aged 54, Sinker, Rope broke while they were repairing a shaft [More information ...]
						Linn, Robert, 01 Dec 1910, aged 29, Miner, He was holing in a dirt band that rune halfway up the coal seam, when a fall of top coal took place, part of which caught and fatally injured him. The coal had a long sprag gib under it ; if another had been set the accident would probably have been prevented
						McCulloch, William, 27 Jul 1911, aged 33, Collier, Deceased was engaged taking off coal from the face when the roof suddenly collapsed and fell away from a "pot bottom" and breaks
						Roxburgh, Robert, 20 Oct 1885, aged 30, Sinker, Rope broke while they were repairing a shaft [More information ...]
						Wilson, Robert, 10 Jun 1878, aged 14, Pony driver, Had fallen before a train of loaded hutches which he was in charge of

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, 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
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
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), 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
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