	Wellshot Colliery	Index	Wellshot Colliery

Wellshot Colliery

Location:	Cambuslang 4 miles [6 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS631607, 55° 49' 13" N, 4° 11' 5" W
Opened:	1873
Closed:	1905
Owners:	Dunn Brothers
	D. G. Dunn
	United Collieries, Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay.
Employment:	1894 - 142 (114 below, 28 surface)
	1900 - 240 (202 below, 38 surface)
	1905 - 76 (60 below, 16 surface)

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!

						Brisbane, Robert, 16 May 1891, aged 20, Miner, Fall of coal through want of spragging
						Brown, Richard, 21 Aug 1890, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at working face
						Canning, George, 06 Dec 1894, 3.45 p.m., aged 47, Manager, Winding engine broke down, cage was carried over the pulley and fell on him
						Crichton, Lawson, 09 Nov 1878, aged 50, Collier, Was stuck by a crane rope falling down the shaft
						Kane, Hugh, jnr., 25 Nov 1898, aged 19, Miner, Fall of side of road near working face
						Kelly, Maitland, 18 Jan 1887, aged 13, Collier, Fall of roof at face
						McGorgan, John, 02 Jun 1882, aged 23, Collier, Fall of coal
						McKillop, Robert, 08 Nov 1890, aged 22, Pony driver, Crushed by the cage being raised before he got off it
						Morrison, John, 01 Feb 1882, aged 35, Miner, Fall of roof

						9 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, 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