Scottish shale Scottish shale

Baads No.22 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Seams worked:
Fells Shale
Opened:
Not known
Closed:
Abandoned prior to 1895
Current status of site:
Open space beside field, remains of bing cleared since 1999
Regional overview:
Mines in the Hermand and Hartwood area

baads22.jpg

Vertical shaft, about 45 fathoms deep

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

Workings in the Fells Shale, linked by a cross cut mine at its northern extremity with the workings of Baads No. 15 Pit.

"Oil Shales of the Lothians"; published by the British Geological Survey, in 1906 states.

The mining operations in No.22 pit, 600 yards to the north-east of Baads, proved the continuation of the (Blackbrae) fault to the south east, and also its lateral branch that passes through that farm steading. The Fells shale was extensively worked in this field, while the Houston Coal and Raeburn shale were also opened up to some extent.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1897, showing a bing and a single rectangular shaft marked "old shale pit".

  • Location & workings at Baads No.22 pit

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  • Detailed maps

    • Plan of workings

    baads22pitBGS1.jpg

    Recent images

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  • Newspaper references

      • The mining operations in No.22 pit, 600 yards to the north-east of Baads, proved the continuation of the (Blackbrae) fault to the south east, and also its lateral branch that passes through that farm steading. The Fells shale was extensively worked in this field, while the Houston Coal and Raeburn shale were also opened up to some extent.

      Oil Shales of the Lothians; British Geological Survey, 1906

  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 1777, showing workings in the Houston Coal and oil shale from Baads and Harwood, abandoned in 1885.

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