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Rankinston Colliery
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| Location: | Patna 9 miles [14 km] SE of Ayr |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS455131, 55° 23' 17" N, 4° 26' 21" W |
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| Pits: | No. 1 Pit |
| No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS452126 | |
| No. 3 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS453140 | |
| Owners: | Merry and Cunninghame |
| Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co. | |
| Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone. | |
| 1905 - Ironstone. | |
| 1910 - Coal, Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 175 (140 below, 35 surface) |
| 1896 - 177 (138 below, 39 surface) | |
| 1900 - 185 (154 below, 31 surface) | |
| 1905 - 120 (94 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1910 - 136 (110 below, 26 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Black band |
| 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!
 | Kirk, Hugh, 09 Aug 1901, aged 37, Engineman, When starting the pumping engine the stop valve casing burst and the escaping steam scalded him to death | |||||
| Townsley, William, 14 Oct 1890, aged 38, Miner, Fall of roof at working face | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rankinston Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rankinston Colliery
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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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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