	Whistleberry Colliery	Index	Whistleberry Colliery

Whistleberry Colliery

Location:	Blantyre 9 miles [14 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS702572, 55° 47' 28" N, 4° 4' 11" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Archibald Russell Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1900 - Coal.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 58 (40 below, 18 surface) [Sinking]
	1900 - 382 (303 below, 79 surface)
	1905 - 342 (277 below, 65 surface)
	1910 - 167 (128 below, 39 surface)
	1915 - 44 (31 below, 13 surface)
	1920 - 158 (127 below, 31 surface)
	1923 - 192 (150 below, 42 surface)
	1933 - 250 (199 below, 51 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Blackband, Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint
	1915 - Blackband, Ell, Kiltongue, Main, Main
	1920 - Blackband, Ell, Humph, Kiltongue, Main, Splint
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!

						Larkin, Patrick, 27 Nov 1901, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face
						McCluskey, John, 23 Feb 1900, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at working place
						Russell, John, 03 Feb 1903, aged 35, Miner, He is said to have gone in front of loaded hutch at the top of a "cuddie brae" to put it on the rails. He did not hook it to the rope, and when put on the rails it overcame and ran over him
						Smith, John, 25 Feb 1910, aged 40, Miner, Fall of head coal when standing on his feet holing
						Stevenson, Alexander, 12 Jun 1911, aged 42, Miner, Deceased was taking down coal at the face when a large fall of coal occurred and displaced several props supporting the top or head coal, and he was caught by the fall of coal and fatally injured
						Ward, Dennis, 24 Oct 1895, 11.30 a.m., aged 23, Labourer, While a branch railway was being made, a runaway waggon ran into the waggons which were being emptied by the deceased and others. Other 4 men were injured
						Wilson, William, 04 May 1904, aged 22, Miner, Fall of head coal while working beneath it. It was not propped as required by the regulations

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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