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Addiewell No.4 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
James Young & Co.
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Raeburn Shale
Opened:
c.1864
Closed:
c.1865?
Current status of site:
Wooded roadside margin
Regional overview:
Mines in the Addiewell area

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Vertical shaft

Served Addiewell Oil Works

A short-lived pit to a small reserve of Raeburn Shale, which was also accessed by a mine labelled as "No. 1".

Shown as "old shaft" on the Ordnance Survey map of c.1893, subsequent editions show an enclosure erected around the shaft.

  • Location & workings at Addiewell No.4 pit

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  • Newspaper references

      • ADDIEWELL STRIKE.

      A meeting of all those employed at those works was held at No.4 pit on Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Scott, the manager, intimated that the directors were determined to abide by the rules posted in the works, but advised the men to return to work, and he would endeavor to get the rules modified.

      Falkirk Herald, 28th May 1870

  • External records

      • 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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