	Meiklehill Colliery	Index	Meiklehill Colliery

Meiklehill Colliery

Location:	Kirkintilloch 7½ miles [12 km] NE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS667740, 55° 56' 26" N, 4° 7' 59" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	James Gairdner
	James Gairdner and Sons
	Meiklehill Coal Co.
	James Wood, Ltd.
	United Collieries, Ltd.
	Woodilee Coal and Coke Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. Ironstone.
	1920 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam. Ironstone.
Employment:	1894 - 456 (374 below, 82 surface)
	1896 - 454 (371 below, 83 surface)
	1900 - 527 (425 below, 102 surface)
	1905 - 409 (315 below, 94 surface)
	1910 - 309 (239 below, 70 surface)
	1915 - 224 (174 below, 50 surface)
	1920 - 256 (195 below, 61 surface)
	1923 - 179 (142 below, 37 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Coking, Main, Wee
	1915 - Main, Wee
	1920 - Gardner's Coal, Main, Wee
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!

						Barr, David, 22 Jun 1866, aged 25, Sinker, Fall of stone from the side of a sinking shaft [More information ...]
						Barrett, Andrew, 11 Oct 1888, aged 15, Drawer, Fell off the cage while ascending the shaft
						Benson, James, 19 Aug 1911, 10.30 a.m., aged 16, Pony Driver, Whilst working in a return airroad, a quantity of gas was driven off an old waste and it ignited at his open light. The oversman should have seen that the pit was clear of men before allowing gas to be driven off from an old disused working. He died late the same night
						Connelly, James, 01 Feb 1904, aged 24, Miner, While illegally drawing a full hutch down an incline, and being in front he got run over by the hutch
						Crooks, William, 14 Jul 1896, aged 65, Miner, Fall of coal
						Currie, Peter, 04 Nov 1889, aged 17, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp (other 3 men injured) [More information ...]
						Doran, John, 26 Aug 1889, aged 40, Miner, A shot went off before he retired from it
						Gallacher, Hugh, 04 Nov 1889, aged 40, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp (other 3 men injured) [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Carrick, 22 Jun 1866, aged 22, Sinker, Fall of stone from the side of a sinking shaft [More information ...]
						Horne, James, 29 Feb 1904, aged 32, Chain runner, Apparently when riding in front of a "race" being drawn up a dook he was caught against the roof. The roof was too low for any one to have been allowed to ride on the "race"
						Jarvie, John, 15 Nov 1899, aged 45, Roadsman, While sitting in front of a "race" of hutches being drawn up a dook he fell off and was run over
						Kerr, James, 02 May 1900, aged 20, Drawer, Apparently he was illegally drawing in front of a loaded hutch coming down an inclined road, and got run over by it
						McKay, George, 29 Apr 1868, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof while repairing a roadway [More information ...]
						Semple, John, 03 Apr 1914, 1.45 p.m., aged 24, Miner's Drawer, Deceased left his working place, and went to a road to get some rails, and when on his way his naked light ignited some gas which burned him. The road was not at work at the time and was not fenced off, but, in the ordinary course, had been inspected by the fireman and no gas was found

						14 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, West Scotland District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1888-02
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), 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
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
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
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
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)), Scotland Division (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