	Ochiltree (Oil Shale)	Index	Ochiltree (Oil Shale)

Ochiltree (Oil Shale)

Location:	Linlithgow 8 miles [13 km] SSW of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT042747, 55° 57' 22" N, 3° 32' 4" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Linlithgow Oil Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Oil Shale.
	1896 - Oil Shale.
	1900 - Oil shale, Coal.
Employment:	1894 - 189 (169 below, 20 surface)
	1896 - 191 (168 below, 23 surface)
	1900 - 187 (164 below, 23 surface)

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!

						Law, Hugh, 03 Apr 1897, aged 15, Brakesman, Fell on to drum of self acting incline which he was braking

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ochiltree (Oil Shale)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ochiltree (Oil Shale)

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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department