	Monkland Colliery	Index	Monkland Colliery

Monkland Colliery

Location:	Airdrie 12 miles [19 km] E of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS772629, 55° 50' 39" N, 3° 57' 39" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Monkland Colliery Co.
	Calderbank Steel and Coal Co., Ltd.
	James Dunlop and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Monkland - Coal: Household.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Monkland - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 227 (199 below, 28 surface)
	1896 - 139 (125 below, 14 surface)
	1900 - 167 (139 below, 28 surface)
	1900 - Monkland - 77 (68 below, 9 surface)
	1905 - 196 (174 below, 22 surface)
	1905 - Monkland - 106 (91 below, 15 surface)
	1910 - 250 (206 below, 44 surface)
	1915 - 165 (132 below, 33 surface)
	1920 - 152 (110 below, 42 surface)
	1923 - 152 (110 below, 42 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Kiltongue, Lady Grange, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell
	1910 - Ell, Kiltongue, Lady Grange, Pyotshaw, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell
	1915 - Lady Grange, Virtuewell [Monkland Nos. 5 and 6 Pits abandoned 5/11/14]
	1920 - Humph, Lady Grange, Main, Splint, Upper Drumgray, Virtuewell
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!

						Allan, William, 18 Aug 1904, aged 35, Miner, Deceased was either holing or taking off coal when the roof suddenly fell away from between lypes and a hitch
						Brown, William, 18 Feb 1892, 10.50 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 30, Miner, Fall of roof
						Harvie, Joseph, 07 Feb 1911, aged 17, Pony Driver, He left his work and was travelling along the face to look at a watch in the clothing of one of the miners to see what time it was, and when doing so took a wrong turn and went into a place in which there was a piece of stone hanging, and as he was passing under it it fell upon and killed him. The miner had previously attempted to get the stone down with a pinch but failed to do so
						Jarvie, Phillip, 08 Oct 1903, aged 43, Miner, Full of roof at working place [More information ...]
						Landles, Thomas, senr., 09 Sep 1909, aged 68, Screeman, He fell from steps leading from siding to screen table in front of two moving waggons, and was caught by wheel
						McDonald, John, jun, 08 Oct 1903, aged 25, Miner, Full of roof at working place [More information ...]
						McDonald, John, sen, 08 Oct 1903, aged 45, Miner, Full of roof at working place [More information ...]
						McIntyre, John, 28 Sep 1891, 10.45 p.m., aged 28, Collier, Premature explosion of a shot
						Mitchell, George, 13 Dec 1900, aged 35, Brusher, While carrying compressed gunpowder in his hand a spark from his naked light, illegally carried on his cap, caused it to explode
						Parkes, Joseph, 26 Oct 1891, 7.30 a.m., aged 40, Roadsman and drawer, Fall of stone
						Sloan, Hugh, 06 May 1901, aged 25, Miner, Fall from roof at face of long wall in upper Drumgray seam. The fall was 20 ft. long, 3 ft. wide, and 1 ft. thick and came away from a crack and swung some timber
						Smith, John, 08 Sep 1891, aged 38, Miner, Fall of midstone [More information ...]

						12 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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Monkland Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Monkland Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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