	Maxwood Colliery	Index	Maxwood Colliery

Maxwood Colliery

Location:	Galston 5½ miles [9 km] E of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS510367, 55° 36' 5" N, 4° 21' 54" W
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Closed:
Owners:	David Roxburgh
	W. and D. Roxburgh
	Maxwood Coal Co.
	Eglinton Iron Co.
	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
	John Littlejohn and Son
	Burnbank and Grougar Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Steam. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 88 (77 below, 11 surface)
	1896 - 98 (87 below, 11 surface)
	1900 - 119 (97 below, 22 surface)
	1905 - 101 (84 below, 17 surface)
	1910 - 63 (51 below, 12 surface)
	1915 - 66 (51 below, 15 surface)
	1923 - 65 (51 below, 14 surface)
	1933 - 104 (88 below, 16 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Main, Major
	1915 - Main, 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!

						Beggs, David, 16 Jul 1904, aged 52, Miner, When taking a gunpowder cartridge out of his canister it exploded, having apparently being ignited by a spark from his lamp or his pipe
						Cuthbert, John, 27 Oct 1894, 6.30 a.m., aged 34, Roadsman, Fall of roof on road while repairing it
						Johnstone, Hugh, 01 Jun 1894, Noon, aged 56, Waggon trimmer, Crushed between two waggons
						Nisbet, John, Apr 1905, (accident: 15 Sep 1904), aged 24, Miner, While replacing crowns blown down at the working face by a shot, the roof fell on him. He died in April
						Robertson, George, 19 Oct 1894, 3 p.m., aged 38, Miner, Fall of roof on road
						Sproatt, Robert, 13 Oct 1908, aged 35, Miner, Fall of roof in working place while wedging down coal. He failed to set props as required by the Special Rules
						Whitelaw, Samuel, 17 Jun 1891, aged 20, Miner, Fall of roof at face
						Wright, William, 23 Aug 1898, aged 13, Coupler, While drawing forward full hutches in pit bottom bye, a race of hutches drawn by a horse came up behind, and he was run over

						8 names found

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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
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
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, 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), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 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
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