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Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd *

Company number:
Registered in Scotland, No.00221
Started:
4th January 1866
Finished:
An ongoing concern
Registered office:

7 West George Street, Glasgow

The famous shale oil company who had small-scale interest in coal mining to fuel their oil works, Young's merged with the Uphall Oil Co. Ltd in 1883, who also had small-scale coal mining interests. See Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. for full details of the company;

Location of coal pits worked by Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.