	Stonecraigs Colliery	Index	Stonecraigs Colliery

Stonecraigs Colliery

Location:	Newmains 8 miles [13 km] NNW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS822548, 55° 46' 22" N, 3° 52' 39" W
Opened:
Closed:	1910
Owners:	Coltness Iron Co.
	Coltness Iron Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 107 (93 below, 14 surface)
	1896 - 21 [Pumping and Coalwasher, &c.]
	1900 - 46 (20 below, 26 surface) [Pumping and coalwasher, &c.]
	1905 - 28 [Principal Pit used for Pumping and Coal Washing]
	1910 - 39 [Principal Pit used for Pumping and Coal Washing]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Ell [Principal Pit used for Pumping and Coal Washing]
	1910 - Principal Pit used for Pumping and Coal Washing [Principal Pit used for Pumping and Coal Washing]

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!

						Baird, David, 02 Oct 1884, aged 15, Collier, Crushed by cage at door heads while stepping on to ascend. Confusion as to signals
						Bowes, James, 16 Jan 1864, aged 26, Drawer, He was waiting for a loaded hutch at the colliers wall face in splint coal
						Brown, Thomas, 20 Jun 1874, aged 52, Bottomer, While disloading a wagon the door fell upon him
						Bryson, Alexander, 01 Oct 1883, aged 22, Coller, Fall of side. At face [More information ...]
						Bryson, William, 03 May 1880, aged 25, Collier, Fall of side. At face head coal, stooping
						Coulter, Andrew, 28 Jul 1891, 2 p.m., aged 44, Collier, Fall of coal
						Dalziel, A., 16 Mar 1869, aged 15, Drawer, Crushed by cage at pit bottom. Mistake of signals
						Mains, Adam, 31 Mar 1881, aged 18, Driver, Hutches went off rails at a curve, and he was jammed against side. He had neglected to put in all the snibbles
						McCormick, J., 07 Dec 1866, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal
						McEwan, Robert, 23 Mar 1891, 1.5 p.m., aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof
						Mullen, William, 01 Oct 1883, aged 22, Coller, Fall of side [More information ...]
						Shaw, John, 02 Dec 1874, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal. At "stoops". Head coal fell while filling a hutch
						Thomson, James, 03 Aug 1868, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof (coal) Seam 9 feet high
						Wilson, James, 08 Mar 1886, aged 14, Collier, Caught by passing tubs

						14 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1864 Mines Inspectors Report, by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1868 Mines Inspectors Report, East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District 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
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