	Straiton (Oil Shale)	Index	Straiton (Oil Shale)

Straiton (Oil Shale)

(See also Pentland (Oil Shale))

Location:	Straiton, Loanhead 4½ miles [7 km] SSE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT273663, 55° 53' 6" N, 3° 9' 44" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Clippens Oil Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Oil Shale.
	1896 - Oil Shale.
	1899 - Oil Shale.
Employment:	1894 - 471 (408 below, 63 surface)
	1896 - 484 (426 below, 58 surface)
	1899 - 0 [Pumping]
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!

						Bell, John, 30 Mar 1896, aged 30, Fireman, Ignited fire-damp in a heading in the Broxburn Oil Shale seam by a lighted open lamp which he was improperly carrying along with a safety lamp, when making the statutory inspection before the commencement of shift
						Campbell, William, 18 Oct 1888, aged 31, Miner, Fall of roof. At face, longwall
						Forsyth, George, 22 Nov 1895, 8.30 a.m., aged 40, Miner, Fall of oil shale
						Pennycook, James, 30 Jul 1895, 5.30 p.m., aged 45, Contractor drawer, Crushed on rake of hutches
						Stenhouse, Robert, 14 Aug 1895, 6.15 a.m., aged 23, Miner, Ignition of firedamp by naked light
						Wood, Joseph, 12 Jun 1896, aged 70, Labourer, Deceased was oiling the rollers on a double haulage road, along which the tubs were drawn by an endless chain at a speed of about three miles per hour. When stepping out of the way of an approaching empty tub he got in front of a loaded one going in the opposite direction, which knocked him down, inflicting fatal injuries

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Straiton (Oil Shale)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Straiton (Oil Shale)

Credits

Sources:

1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Ralph Moore, 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department