DEATH OF JOHN WILSON Esq. of DUNDYVAN
...The next speculation into which Wilson entered was the purchase, about thirteen years ago, of the Arden estate, three or four miles east of Airdrie, consisting of about 700 acres, 70 acres of which are set apart to the pasturing of large dairy, of about 70 cows. On this estate there are no smelting operations carried on, the coal and other minerals being worked out and conveyed to Dundyvan, and the other blast furnaces of Mr Wilson. At Arden Mr Wilson has erected a beautiful country village for the workmen on the estate, with an endowed school, in which the children are educated small expense. This estate, which was purchased for the sum of £18,000, cannot have done less than doubled its value in the hands of its late proprietor. There is excellent mansion-house on the estate, which has, along with the grounds, been greatly improved and beautified, and is the residence of Mr Wilson's eldest son.
Falkirk Herald , 13th November 1851
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PUBLIC SHALE OF OIL WORK AND COLLIERY PLANT
On THURSDAY, 12th MARCH, at Twelve o'clock.
J. SHIRLAW & SON have been favoured with instructions to Sell by Auction, at ARDEN OIL WORKS (about 20 minutes' walk from Caldercruix Station, N.B. Railway) on the above date;-
- One 18' Cylinder Horizontal Steam-Engine and Connections with Boiler, 27 ft. X 5 ft.
- 31 Retorts and Connections, various kinds,
- About 12 Tons Pit Rails and Crossings,
- 6 Tons Platform Rails, Pit Pump Pipes, various sizes.
- 6 Boilers, Single and Double Power Cranes.
- Hutches and Hutch Sleepers. Smithy Tools. &c., &c.
Catalogues may be had from the Proprietor, or from the Auctioneers, by the 6th prox. Wishaw, 27th February 1874.
Scotsman, 2nd March 1874
