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Randolph Colliery
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| Location: | Dysart 14½ miles [23 km] NNE of Edinburgh |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 59 St. Andrews, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes) NT302958, 56° 8' 59" N, 3° 7' 25" W |
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| Owners: | Fife Coal Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. (98,000 tons) |
| 1954 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1933 - 336 (257 below, 79 surface) |
| 1940 - 342 (271 below, 71 surface) | |
| 1947 - 253 (187 below, 66 surface) | |
| 1954 - 246 (188 below, 58 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Lower Dysart |
| 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)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Robertson, Walter, 05 Nov 1910, aged 18, Miner's Assistant, A shot had been fired and the deceased commenced to fill the coal off it when a piece of overhanging coal which should have been taken down before he commenced to work near it fell and killed him | |||||
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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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Randolph Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Randolph Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1933 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
- 1940 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
- 1947 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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