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Pathhead Colliery

Location:	New Cumnock 18 miles [29 km] ESE of Ayr
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS622145, 55° 24' 18" N, 4° 10' 35" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Archibald Gray and Company
	James Gray
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Oil shale.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Oil Shale.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. Oil shale.
Employment:	1894 - 29 (21 below, 8 surface)
	1896 - 41 (35 below, 6 surface)
	1900 - 36 (30 below, 6 surface)
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!

						McCall, Samuel, 06 Jun 1898, aged 44, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

						1 name found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pathhead Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pathhead Colliery

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