	Tillicoultry Colliery	Index	Tillicoultry Colliery

Tillicoultry Colliery

Location:	9 miles [14 km] E of Stirling
Map Ref:	(Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NS929964, 56° 8' 54" N, 3° 43' 27" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Alloa Coal Co.
	Alloa Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1899 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (41,235 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 146 (127 below, 19 surface)
	1896 - 77 (65 below, 12 surface)
	1899 - 99 (87 below, 12 surface)
	1900 - 51 (45 below, 6 surface)
	1905 - 48 (30 below, 18 surface)
	1910 - 69 (53 below, 16 surface)
	1915 - 54 (37 below, 17 surface)
	1920 - 51 (30 below, 21 surface)
	1923 - 120 (99 below, 21 surface)
	1933 - 90 (72 below, 18 surface)
	1937 - 81 (68 below, 13 surface)
	1940 - 77 (62 below, 15 surface)
	1947 - 93 (69 below, 24 surface)
	1954 - 179 (144 below, 35 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Splint
	1910 - Splint
	1915 - Splint
	1920 - Main, Splint
	1954 - Coalsnaughton Main
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!

						Allan, Robert, 20 Dec 1882, aged 36, Hauageman, Fall of roof. On engine plane, while riding on the train. Stoop and room
						Allan, William, 07 Mar 1862, Collier, Fall of roof while redding [More information ...]
						Cook, John, 07 Mar 1862, Collier, Fall of roof while redding [More information ...]
						Harrower, Charles, 12 Dec 1881, aged 33, Brusher, Fall of roof ; while putting in building at face ; long wall
						Hunter, John, 19 Sep 1888, aged 27, Brusher, Fall of roof. While brushing road; long wall
						Paterson, John, 10 Mar 1862, Collier, Fall of roof
						Patterson, William, 14 Apr 1880, aged 64, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, longwall
						Peebles, David, 07 Apr 1899, aged 38, Miner, While taking out a piece of bottom coal, the top coal fell on deceased. The injury was supposed to be slight, but he died from its effects nine days afterwards
						Wright, John, 08 Jul 1890, 10.00 a.m., aged 16, Miner, Fall of stone and coal

						9 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1937 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