	Redburn Colliery	Index	Redburn Colliery

Redburn Colliery

Location:	Kilwinning 7½ miles [12 km] WNW of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS313414, 55° 38' 15" N, 4° 40' 49" W
Opened:	1855
Closed:	1910
Owners:	Eglinton Iron Company
	William Baird and Co.
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 169 (152 below, 17 surface)
	1896 - 140 (121 below, 19 surface)
	1900 - 189 (172 below, 17 surface)
	1905 - 142 (121 below, 21 surface)
	1910 - 71 (64 below, 7 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Main, Stone, Turf
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!

						Bennett, Alexander, 30 Jul 1895, 8.30 p.m., aged 52, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face
						Brown, David, 03 May 1911, aged 65, Roadsman, Deceased was making an airway through an old longwall waste working, and, after having tried to get some roof down at a "lype," he, without propping the roof, went under it to hole more rubbish, when it collapsed on him and killed him instantaneously
						Brown, Samuel, 23 Aug 1871, aged 45, Brusher, Fall of roof
						Butler, Edward, 03 Dec 1856, Fall of roof
						Carswell, James, 16 Aug 1880, aged 53, Fireman, Explosion of firedmap [More information ...]
						Donaldson, William, 16 Aug 1880, aged 35, Fireman, Explosion of firedmap [More information ...]
						Fairlie, John, 02 Jun 1866, aged 26, Brusher, Fall of roof while engaged working under it
						Goodman, Thomas, 10 Jan 1857, aged Boy, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Holden, William, 23 Jul 1879, aged 15, Pony driver, By a kick from a horse whilst grooming it
						Kennedy, William, 30 Aug 1872, aged 35, Fireman, Fall of roof
						McLaren, Joseph, 03 Mar 1875, aged 30, Brusher, Fall of roof in a drawing road whilst repairing it
						Stewart, Andrew, 23 Jun 1881, aged 17, Collier, Fall of roof on main drawing road

						12 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, 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
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
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 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