Scottish shale Scottish shale

Addiewell No.3 mine

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
James Young & Co.
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Grey Shale
Opened:
c. 1864
Closed:
c.1865 ?
Current status of site:
Woodland and nature reserve following land renewal. No surviving traces of pit head features
Regional overview:
Mines in the Addiewell area

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Inclined or level shaft

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

A mine or level to 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.

See "Mines and pits in the Addiewell area" for further background.

No surface traces remained in when mapped by the Ordnance Survey in c.1893, and the location appeared partly buried by the advancing shale bing.

  • Location & workings at Addiewell No.3 mine

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  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2873, showing workings in the Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1866.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2874, showing workings in the Houston Coal, Grey Shale, and Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1865.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2875, showing workings in the Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1866.

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