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Baads No.23 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Seams worked:
Hurlet Coal
Opened:
Early 1880's?
Closed:
Pre-1893
Current status of site:
Agricultural land with no surviving trace of surface features
Regional overview:
Mines in the Hermand and Hartwood area

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Vertical shaft to the Hurlet coal

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

Small-scale and short-lived workings in the Hurlet Coal. Much greater scale workings were later established nearby at Baads No. 42 mine.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895, showing derelict shaft and small waste tip.

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