Scottish shale Scottish shale

Addiewell No.3 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
James Young & Co.
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Houston Coal
Opened:
Perhaps opened c.1865
Closed:
Closed before 1870
Current status of site:
Grassed open space created following land renewal. No surviving trace of pit head structures
Regional overview:
Mines in the Addiewell area

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Vertical shaft

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

A short-lived mine or level accessing a small reserve of Grey Shale also exploited by Addiewell No. 2 Mine. Presumably the mine follow the shale from its exposure on the southern bank of the Breich Water and may have been an exploratory working, or driven to improve drainage or ventilation.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895, showing little trace of pit structures.

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