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Addiewell No.6 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
James Young & Co.
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Fells Shale
Opened:
Uncertain, perhaps opened c.1866
Closed:
Closed prior to 1870?
Current status of site:
Grassed open space following land renewal works. No surviving surface features
Regional overview:
Mines in the Addiewell area

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Vertical shaft to the Fells shale

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

The site of Addiewell No. 6 Pit is only known from mine plans. These indicate that the pit was sunk to access the Fells Shale; a seam also worked from Addiewell No. 1, Addiewell No. 2 and Addiewell No. 5 Pits. No. 6 was not included in a list of active Addiewell pits in 1870, suggesting that the mine had been abandoned, perhaps in favour of the nearby No. 5 Pit?

Shale-field: West Calder shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895 with supposed site of Addiewell No. 6 Pit buried beneath spent shale from Addiewell Chemical Works.

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