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Deans No.6 mine

Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Seams worked:
Broxburn Shale
Closed:
1931
Regional overview:
Mines in the Deans area

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Inclined adit

Serving Deans Crude Oil Works

Latterly worked in association with Deans No. 7 Mine.

Shale-field: Deans shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1916, showing the mine disused.

  • Location & workings at Deans No.6 mine

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  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 5845, showing workings in the Broxburn Shale from Deans No. 6, abandoned in 1912
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 10615, showing workings in the Fells and Broxburn Shales from Deans No. 6 and No. 7, abandoned in 1931

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