	Pentland (Oil Shale)	Index	Pentland (Oil Shale)

Pentland (Oil Shale)

(See also Straiton (Oil Shale))

Location:	Straiton, Loanhead 4½ miles [8 km] SSE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT269661, 55° 53' 0" N, 3° 10' 7" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Clippens Oil Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Oil Shale.
	1896 - Oil Shale.
	1899 - Oil Shale.
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	1899 - 0 [Standing]
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!

						Anderson, Peter, 28 Mar 1887, Greaser, Killed by tubs on incline while on duty
						Butler, Martin, 08 Apr 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 39, Brusher and drawer, Fall of roof
						Cameron, John, 05 Apr 1886, aged 15, Miner, Went into an adjoining place where gas had accumulated owing to fall breaking brattice
						Christie, Robert, 11 Jun 1885, Roadsman, Fall of roof while brushing a road
						Connelly, Thomas, 15 Jul 1881, aged 30, Miner, Fall of shale
						Dollan, John, 24 Sep 1892, 12.50 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 70, Dirt picker, Run over by waggons
						Judge, Matthew, 13 Apr 1893, 9 p.m., aged 26, Drawer, Jammed by hutch
						Kent, Alexander, 14 Jul 1893, 12.15 p.m., aged 30, Miner, Fall of roof
						McDonald, John, 29 Oct 1891, 4.50 p.m., aged 22, Drawer, Struck by runaway tub
						McKinlay, James, 12 Mar 1885, Roadsman, Crushed by runaway hutches on incline owing to the breaking of a coupling
						Mulholland, James, 08 Sep 1890, 8.00 a.m., aged 23, Miner, Knocked down shoot by fall of shale
						Reid, William, 26 Jul 1887, aged 25, Horse feeder, Struck by bogie while walking down incline
						Wheelan, John, 23 Jun 1890, 11 p.m., aged 27, Drawer, Crushed by tubs

						13 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

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

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department