	Shewalton Colliery	Index	Shewalton Colliery

Shewalton Colliery

Location:	Dreghorn 5½ miles [9 km] W of Kilmarnock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS337367, 55° 35' 44" N, 4° 38' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
	No. 3 Pit
	No. 4 Pit
	No. 5 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS345362
	No. 6 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS345362
	No. 7 Pit
	No. 8 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS345362
	No. 9 Pit, locn: (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS345362
Owners:	A. Kenneth and Sons Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1947 - No. 3 and No. 4 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (58,000 tons)
	1947 - Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 9 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (44,000 tons)
	1954 - Nos. 3 and 4 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1900 - 0 [Re-opening]
	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 224 (166 below, 58 surface)
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 224 (180 below, 44 surface)
	1923 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 335 (279 below, 56 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 - 461 (352 below, 109 surface)
	1940 - Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 - 519 (494 below, 25 surface)
	1947 - No. 3 and No. 4 - 319 (243 below, 76 surface)
	1947 - Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 9 - 200 (151 below, 49 surface)
	1954 - Nos. 3 and 4 - 118 (98 below, 20 surface)
Seams Worked:	1915 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Five Quarter, Major, McNaught, Parrot, Tourha'
	1920 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Five Quarter, Major, McNaught, Parrot, Tourha'
	1954 - Nos. 3 and 4 - Ell
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!

						Gillies, Adam, 11 Dec 1924, 6.10 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 48, Miner, Deceased was working at a roadhead. He had taken down some trees from underneath a sheet of corrugated iron, used for protection against water, as they were in the path of a coal cutting machine. He was probably in the act of resetting them in a more convenient place when a fall of roof occurred, which killed him immediately. The corrugated iron sheet had concealed a "cutter," which, running to meet a lype at an angle, left two weak sides to the fall. The machine was working 3 yards away and probably masked any warning given by the roof. The place had been examined by the fireman about 10 minutes prior to the accident and before the corrugated iron sheet was removed ; he considered the place safe and well timbered, but had the roof been exposed the danger might have been seen

						1 name found

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Credits

Sources:

1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Scotland Division (No. 1) by J. Masterton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
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