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Scottish Mining Website . Mines In Scotland In 1873. Lanarkshire H-Z: Name of Mine or Colliery: Name of Pit: Where Situated: Owner or Company: Owners Postal Address: Type: Manager: Name of seam & its thickness: Mode of working/notes: District: Hallcraig: No 1: Carluke: Coltness Iron Co... Ironstone-Seven feet/Three feet/ Five feet: Long wall ...
The Almond Valley Heritage Trust is a charity registered in Scotland No. SC13708, and a Scottish Company limited by guarantee, No. 089429, with Registered Office at Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Millfield, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 7AR. Accredited Museum 151, holding a collection of National significance to Scotland.
226 rowsCoal News, January 1995 – to be closed. Sunk 1948. Sunk 1957. Sunk 1880. Included Castlehill and Solsgirth. Sunk 1964 and closed by Scottish Coal. Sunk 1953. Sinking in 1964. Coal News, April 1993 – taken over by a …
Thus, in 1862, the oil-shale mining industry began. Large refineries were built, where the shale was heated in retorts to release the hydro-carbon content. Most of the Scottish oil-shale mines closed between the wars, but a few survived …
The largest quantity ever consumed in Scotland in one year was 532,000 tons, in 1865. In 1867, the quantity taken was 420,262 tons. The make of malleable iron in 1867 was 142,800 tons, being a reduction of 11,400 tons as compared with 1866. The rapid development of the iron trade has not been peculiar to Scotland.
The owners of Scotland's only goldmine have called in administrators after falling into financial difficulty. Scotgold Resources, which operates the Cononish mine near Tyndrum, announced the move ...
By 1900 the area would produce around half of Scotland's coal, with over 200 mines in this area alone. Over 40% of the Scottish coal workforce was located in Lanarkshire – about 65,000 men and women across the county. ... In the …
The mine lies 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Aberfeldy, to the south of Loch Tummel, on the slopes of Meall Tairneachan. [Gazetteer for Scotland] Alternate Names: None recorded. Notes: See also Duntalich Mine. Schlumberger the company which operated at Foss have moved production to a new site southwest of Meall nan Uan. They extract Barytes which ...
From the gemstones of the Cairngorms to the important natural resources extracted from historic mining sites across the country, you'll explore Scotland's rich mineralogical heritage. Join Dr Rachel Walcott as she leads you through a journey featuring glittering galena, curious calcite, spectacular sphalerite and many other intriguing minerals.
Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1860: Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1866: Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1869: Coal Mining History Resource Centre: 1873: Scottish Mining Website Part 1 - Argyllshire, …
Discover the North Coast 500 Scotland's ultimate road trip. Bringing together a route of just over 500 miles (516 to be exact…) of stunning coastal scenery, white sandy beaches, rugged mountains, remote fishing villages, hidden gems, and a wealth of unforgettable experiences; the North Coast 500 is one of the world's most beautiful road trips. ...
The Scottish Mining Website provides information on the history of Scottish mining, compiled from old reports, gazetteers and newspaper articles. The site includes information on all aspects of life in mining towns and villages from working conditions, …
The 118,862-hectare Amaruq property is located approximately 50 km northwest of the Meadowbank mine site, with a 64-kilometre road between the two sites completed in August 2017 and widened for ore haulage in November 2018. The Meadowbank mine camp can host more than 500 employees at a time. The Amaruq camp can host an additional 350 employees.
The Great Caledonian Forest once covered much of Scotland, below the high tops; Caledonia – the Roman name for Scotland – means wooded heights. The forest declined over thousands of years, due to both a …
The museum has the only underground mine tour in Scotland, allowing visitors to venture into the confines of a 300-year-old timbered passage and drift. Tours last around 45 minutes, with helmets ...
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The ian Gneiss Complex of north-west Scotland represents the margin of the North Atlantic Craton, comprising Archaean TTG gneisses that were variably reworked during the Palaeoproterozoic (Peach et al., 1907, Sutton and Watson, 1951).
When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 225 collieries in Scotland; now there are none. The last six pits to close were Killoch (1989), Bilston Glen (1989), Barony (1989), Frances (1995), Monktonhall (1998) & Longannet (2002) Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947 Dates in brackets indicate the date...
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In a paper read to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts in 1864 Dr. David Landale, an eminent mining engineer of that time, made some pungent criticism of this policy. "In the Wishaw district for instance," he writes, "landlords having a fine seam with a railway alongside divide their fields into patches of 100 acres which they let at £1,000 a ...
Netherwood Colliery is a mine in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mapcarta, the open map. Britain and Ireland . UK. Scotland. North Lanarkshire. Netherwood Colliery ... 3,000 feet northwest; Kelvinhead, Kelvinhead Road at Glenview Bus stop, 3,000 feet northwest; Old Pit Bing 3,200 feet southwest; Popular Destinations in Scotland. Discover Edinburgh ...
Welcome to the Scottish Mining Website. The Scottish Mining Website provides information on the history of Scottish mining, compiled from old reports, gazetteers and newspaper articles. The site includes information on all aspects of life in mining towns and villages from working conditions, accidents and strikes to housing, health and leisure.
Located to the west-northwest of the mines is a collection of miners' cottages, marked on historic Ordnance Survey maps as the settlement of Craigton. ... "Mines in Scotland", in Alan L Jeffreys, a revised re-publication of the Glasgow Speleological Society Journal, volume 1, part 4. Kinna, J. (1904). History of the Parish of Minnigaff. Dumfries.
West Lothian, Scotland. The Rusha coal mine by Banks Group began extracting coal from the site in 2012. It had planned to extract about 1.5 million tonnes of coal over its 154 hectares. The site had 150 employees and …
Scottish Network for Nineteenth-Century European Cultures; Boyne to Brodgar: Making Monuments, Creating Communities ... Another bun ingot was found in 1880 at Carleton some 5km north west of Tonderghie. These ingots suggest the exploitation of a local ore source and Tonderghie, as the only copper vein in the immediate area, is the most likely ...
Another opencast mine that became derelict in 2013 following Scottish Coal's liquidation. A separate 138.29 hectare Benbain Remainder site is the 12th largest site in the 2018 land survey. East Ayrshire Council said the former mining complex had returned to Forestry and Land Scotland but was working with the agency to regenerate it. With the ...
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South-West Scotland Mines. This is an interactive map, point to and click on an area with your mouse to be taken to a page with further details. Dispersed deposits of copper, lead and zinc ores were worked in Galloway near Carsphairn, between Newton Stewart and Gatehouse of Fleet, and around Dalbeattie. The last of these areas also produced ...