Mosside No.2 pit

Parish:

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

Gavin Paul & Sons

Gavin Paul & Sons (Limited)

Opened:

c. 1879

Closed:

prior to 1914

Pit in the lands of Mosside to the Balbardie coal at 15 fathoms, Jewel coal at 42 fathoms and Bathgate Main coal at 54 fathoms.

The 1883 List of Mines records Mosside No.2, owned by Gavin Paul, manager Walter Annan, working the Main coal by the longwall method, employing 5 on the surface and 50 underground. The downcast shaft was 4' x 6' and 42 ft deep, the upcast was 14' x 6' and 252 feet deep. It was a non-fiery mine.

The 1885 List of Mines records Mosside No.2, owned by Gavin Paul, manager Walter Annan, working the Main coa, 5'4", Jewel, 3'8"l by the longwall method, employing 5 on the surface and 50 underground. The downcast shaft was 4' x 6' and 42 ft deep, the upcast 252 feet deep. It was a non-fiery mine.

Location map and boundaries of the lands of Mosside

25" OS map c.1895, Courtesy National Library of Scotland

25" OS map c.1914, Courtesy National Library of Scotland

1:2500 OS map c.1956, Courtesy National Library of Scotland

Aerial view