A pit, or group of pits in the lands of Starryshaw, opened prior to 1875, but abandoned by 1895. Reopened by Barr and Thornton, perhaps in around 1900, and continued in operation until about 1918. The sales notice provides a detailed record of the pit equipment, including the corrugated iron pithead buildings and dwelling, and a considerable length of railway siding.
- The 1886 List of Mines records Starryshaw pit, owned by Niddry & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd. Working the Shotts Furnace coal. but standing at that time with downcast shaft 9''x5' 450ft. deep, and upcast shaft 5' x 5' and 450ft deep. Worked by the longwall method.
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Also, on the same day, Lancy Mitchell, drawer, Quarry Row, Crofthead at Staryshaw Colliery, belonging Messrs Muir & Thornton. got his left leg broken. He had been passing through the bottom of tbe shaft when the cage came down upon him. He was attended by Dr. M'Gill, who ordered his removal to the Royal Infirmary
Hamilton Advertiser, 6th August 1870
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IMPORTANT SALE OF COLLIERY PLANT; LANCASHIRE BOILERS; 60 K.W.ELECTRIC GENERATING SET; COUPLED WINDING and DRIVING ENGICES; COAL CLEANSING PLANT; ELECTRIC COAL CUTTERS; 30 TON WAGGON WEIGHING MACHINE, PITHEAD FRAMES; BRANCH RAILWAY: PERMANENT SLEEPERS; LARGE QUANTITY TIMBER , including P.P. LOGS , BEAMS and PLANKS; CORRUGATED IRON and WOODEN ERECTIONS; LARGE NUMBER CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS, &c, at STARRYSHAW COLLIERY , FAULDHOUSE on THURSDAY, 3rd April 1919, at 11 o 'clock.
SHIRLAW, ALLAN , & CO.. Auctioneers, Hamilton, has received instructions from Messrs BARR & THORNTON, LTD., Coalmasters, owing to the Stoppage of this Colliery, TO SELL, BY AUCTION, as follows:
2 Double Flue Lancashire Steam Boilers 30 ft. by 8 ft and 28 ft. by 7 ½ ft. by Penman & Co; and G. Inglis & Co. Ltd. Insured at 100 lbs. pressure: Electric Generating Set, consisting of 60 K.W. Six . Pole Interpolar Compound Wound D. C Generator 500 Volts;. Pair Horz. Compound Driving Engines, H.P. Cylinder 12 in. L.P . Cylinder 18in, by Anderston Foundry Co., Ltd; Switch Board and Connections; Pair 12 in. Coupled Winding Engines, by Martin, Carluke, with 5 ft Drum; 4 Horz Driving Engines; 12 in to 4 ½ in Cylinders: Single Stage Horz. steam Turbine Pump, almost new, by Peter Brotherhood, Ltd., Capacity about 700 Galls. per min. at 150 ft. head : Two 4 ½ in. and 4 In.Vertical Ram Pumps, by Evans: 3 Tangye Steam Pumps from 8 in.; Trio 16 ½ in. "Pick Quick" Enclosed Baby Car Coal Cutters , by Mavor & Coulson. Ltd . to cut 3 ½ ft. 500 Volts D.C. (almost new); 14 ¾ in. Enclosed Electric Disc Coal Cutter, by Anderson Boyes & Co., Ltd., to Cut 3 ft., 500 Volts D.C; Bar Coal Picking Table, 44 ½ ft . between Centres by 4ft wide by Martin, with Raising and Lowering Gear; 2 Plate Dross Picking Tables 15 ½ ft by 2ft. with Gear: Shaking Screen 24 ft by ½ ft, with Gear; Scraper Conveyor 43 ½ ft. by 3 ft., with Gear; Set Elevators, about 35 ft. between Centres; Hutch Creeper, 24 ft. between Centres; Riddle Screen 12 ½ ft by 4ft., with Gear. Self-Acting Revolving Hutch Tippler: 30-Ton Wagon Weighing Machine, by W. & T. Avery, Ltd. 14 ft Table : 2-Ton Hutch Weighing Machine, by Avery: about 1410 Yards Railway; Permanent Rails about 75 lbs. per yard, with Points, Crossings, Sleepers and Connections; 2 Pithead Frames 45. ft and 27 ft, with 8 ft and 6 ft. Spider Pulleys: 6 ½ ft . Double Inlet "Capell" Ventilating Fan. 3 Pit Cages; 1 ½ Pairs Stephen Hamble's Detaching Hooks for 2 Ton Load D.P. Pit Crane: 80 Hutches : Platelayer's Bogie; Large Number CI . Right and Left Hand Platforms, 24 in. gauge; C.L and Steel Plates various: 3 DP Interlocking Gates End Boxes for Armoured Cable; Recording-Mine Ventilation Gauge , by Reid & Young; 3 Vertical Drilling Machines for Hand and Power: Pair 30 In. Double Blast Circular Bellows; Smith's Tools and Tongs. Galvanised Iron Tank 4 ft by 4 ft by 4 ft. Oil and Grease Barrels; CI, MI and Steel Scrap: Scrap Brass, Copper, &c. Corrugated Iron Erection of Dwelling-House of 4 Apartments, 30 ft. by 22 ft, by Spiers. Ltd, Glasgow, with Fittings: Corrugated Iron and Wooden Erections of Engine Houses, Workshops, Stores, &c. Timber of Pithead Scaffold : Large Quantity Timber including P. P. Logs from 10 in. by 10 in. from 30 ft long. P.P. Beams from 12 in. by 6 in. from 34 ½ ft long , P. P. and W. P. Planks from 12 in. by 3 in. from 24ft. long. W.P . Battens from 7 in. by 2 ½ in from 13 ft long; about 670 Loose Permanent Sleepers ; Large Number Corrugated Iron Sheets from 7 ft. by 2 ft 3 in; Doors and Windows: Large Quantity-Firewood & c.
N. B. - The Exposers will load the material: on Railway Waggons Free of Charge. Catalogues from Auctioneers. Hamilton, March 1919
The Scotsman, 24th March 1919
