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Boghall No.2 coal pit

Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
E. Meldrum & Co.
Uphall Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Houston Coal
Opened:
c.1870
Closed:
1873?
Current status of site:
Within agricultural land, visible only in soil colouration
Regional overview:
Mines in the Seafield, Cousland, and Boghall area

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A vertical shaft, 18 fathoms deep

Serving Boghall (Starlaw) Shale Oil Works

A short-living working in the Houston Coal. It is unclear from mine plans whether this shaft also accessed the Fells Shale. Perhaps also known as Starlaw No. 2 Pit.

See "Early mines and pits in the Boghall area" for further background.

Shale-field: Cousland and Seafield shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1897, showing site of Boghall No. 2.

  • Location & workings at Boghall No.2 coal pit

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  • External references

      • The Coal Authority mine abandonment catalogue list the following shale workings from Boghall:

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 164, showing workings in the Houston Coal and Fells Shale from Boghall, abandoned in 1874.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2524, showing workings in the Houston Coal (1870), Dunnet (1900), under Dunnet (1900), Fells (1898) and unknown shale (1870) from Boghall, abandoned in various years.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 3730, showing workings in the Houston Coal (1873) and Fells Shale (1880) and Raeburn Shale (1870) from Boghall, abandoned in various years.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 650, showing workings in the Fells Shale from Boghall No. 4, abandoned in 1871.

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