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South Blair Colliery |
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South Blair Colliery |
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South Blair Colliery
| Location: |
Harthill
13 miles [21 km] NNW of Lanark
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS878641, 55° 51' 27" N, 3° 47' 29" W |
| Opened: |
1900 |
| Closed: |
1935 |
| Owners: |
Peter Dewar |
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Hirst Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Output: |
1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
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1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1900 - 36 (30 below, 6 surface) |
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1905 - 46 (35 below, 11 surface) |
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1910 - 41 (28 below, 13 surface) |
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1915 - 38 (28 below, 10 surface) |
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1920 - 42 (32 below, 10 surface) |
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1923 - 65 (50 below, 15 surface) |
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1933 - 80 (60 below, 20 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1905 - Blackband, Virtuewell |
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1910 - Virtuewell |
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1915 - Virtuewell |
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1920 - Ladygrange, Virtuewell |
| 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
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of South Blair Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to South Blair Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 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
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