	Muirbeath Colliery	Index	Muirbeath Colliery

Muirbeath Colliery

Location:	Dunfermline 3 miles [4 km] NE of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT116904, 56° 5' 56" N, 3° 25' 13" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Henry Ness and Co.
	Henry Ness and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1896 - 110 (88 below, 22 surface)
	1900 - 288 (248 below, 40 surface)
	1905 - 307 (264 below, 43 surface)
	1910 - 218 (190 below, 28 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Cairncubie, Dunfermline Splint, Eight Feet, Three Feet
	1910 - Cairncubie, Eight Feet, Fourteen Feet, Six Feet, Three Feet
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Muirbeath Colliery
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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!

						Allen, Henry, 16 May 1910, aged 47, Repairer, While engaged repairing a road, a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him
						Campbell, Alexander P., 13 Sep 1905, aged 14, Coupler, Deceased was about to take an empty tub across the plates at the pit bottom, when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him instantaneously
						Gibson, Robert, 08 Feb 1902, aged 40, Labourer, Deceased and another were engaged filling hot ashes from a heap laid down from boiler fires, into waggons, when a slip took place from the side, and he was burned
						Russell, -, 29 Apr 1884, Pitheadman, Crushed between hutch and roof while riding up an incline
						Stobie, James, 04 Dec 1884, aged 50, Pitheadman, He pushed a bogie, with an empty kettle upon it, into the shaft and fell after it, forgetting that he had left the shaft open
						Whyte, James, 29 Dec 1905, aged 43, Repairer, Deceased was "needling" the side for the purpose of putting up a crown to support the roof of a roadway which was being repaired, when the side and roof suddenly fell
						Whyte, John, 08 Jul 1903, aged 19, Drawer, Deceased was sitting at the foot of a cut chain brae dipping 1 in 3¾, while a loaded tub was being run down. The chain broke, owing to the rivet of a splicing link giving way, and the full tub struck deceased killing him instantly

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Muirbeath Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), 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
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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