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Pumpherston (Oil Shale)
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| Location: | Pumpherston 11 miles [17 km] S of Dunfermline |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT068698, 55° 54' 44" N, 3° 29' 28" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1925 |
| Owners: | Pumpherston Oil Co., Ltd., Mid Calder |
| Output: | 1894 - Oil Shale. |
| 1896 - Oil Shale. | |
| 1899 - Oil Shale. | |
| 1900 - Oil shale. | |
| 1900 - No. 4 - Oil shale. | |
| 1905 - Oil Shale. | |
| 1905 - No. 4 - Oil shale. | |
| 1910 - Oil shale. | |
| 1910 - No. 4 - Oil shale. | |
| 1915 - Oil shale. | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - Oil shale. | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - Oil shale. | |
| 1920 - No. 5 - Oil shale. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 333 (294 below, 39 surface) |
| 1896 - 355 (316 below, 39 surface) | |
| 1899 - 222 (189 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1900 - 273 (234 below, 39 surface) | |
| 1900 - No. 4 - 101 (95 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1905 - 233 (213 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1905 - No. 4 - 93 (85 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1910 - 224 (194 below, 30 surface) | |
| 1910 - No. 4 - 86 (73 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1915 - 149 (129 below, 20 surface) | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - 152 (125 below, 27 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - 211 (170 below, 41 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 5 - 123 (95 below, 28 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Dunnet |
| 1905 - No. 4 - Barracks | |
| 1910 - Dunnet | |
| 1910 - No. 4 - Barracks Shale | |
| 1915 - Camps Shale | |
| 1915 - No. 5 - Dunnet | |
| 1920 - No. 4 - Camps Shale | |
| 1920 - No. 5 - Dunnet | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pumpherston (Oil Shale)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pumpherston (Oil Shale)
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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
- 1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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