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Fauldhouse No.1 pit

Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
William Dixon Ltd

Ironstone pit in the lands of Fauldhouse, location uncertain, but thought be be different to the later Fauldhouse No.1 (Knowes) pit

  • The 1883 List of Mines records Fauldhouse No.1, owned by William Dixon Ltd. manager Thomas Nimmo, working the Shotts Ball coal by the longwall method, employing 3 on the surface and 17 underground. The downcast shaft was 6 ½' x 4 ¾' and 132 ft deep, the upcast was 4' x 4 ¾' and 132 feet deep. It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.
  • The 1885 List of Mines records Fauldhouse No.1, owned by William Dixon Ltd. manager Thomas Nimmo, working the Shotts Ball coal by the longwall method, employing 7 o n the surface and 48 underground. The downcast shaft was 6 ½' x 4 ¾' and 132 ft deep, the upcast was 4' x 4 ¾' and 132 feet deep. It was a non-fiery pit ventilated by furnace.

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