Hopetoun No.2 pit

Parish:

Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire and Midlothian

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

Uphall Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.

Seams worked:

Broxburn Shale

Opened:

early 1870's?

Closed:

1882

Current status of site:

Waste ground

Regional overview:

Mines in the Hopetoun area

Vertical shaft, 11.5 fathoms deep

An early pit located adjacent to the retorts of Hopetoun Oil Works (opened 1872).

Shale-field: Broxburn district.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1897, showing shaft, apparently disused.

Location & workings at Hopetoun No.2 pit

Detailed maps

Detail of mine plan, showing location of retorts on the surface. (Courtesy British Geological Survey LSP41 - 15668.01).

Site of No. 2 Pit; The retaining wall marks the site where the spent shale haulage passed beneath the road. Looking north. May 2012.

View towards site of No. 2 Pit, and Hopetoun Oil Works. Looking north. May 2012.

External references

Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 1422, showing workings in the Main or Broxburn Shales from Hopetoun No. 2 Mine, abandoned in 1882.