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Polbeth No.10 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd.
Seams worked:
Fells Shale
Opened:
c.1868?
Closed:
1885
Current status of site:
Rough ground above Breich Water
Regional overview:
Mines in the Polbeth area

polbeth10pit1.jpg

Vertical shaft, 171 feet deep

Serving Addiewell Chemical Works

A pit sited immediately across the road from Mossend Village, exploiting the Fells Shale. Latterly linked underground to Polbeth No. 7 Pit, and possibly also to Polbeth No. 8 Pit and Polbeth No. 20 Mine.

Shale-field: West Calder shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895, showing a railway siding and small buildings associated with the site of No. 10 Pit.

  • Location & workings at Polbeth No.10 pit

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  • Detailed maps
    • Polbeth No.10 mine 55-¦51'20.21N3-¦34'12.61W 001.JPG
  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 1777A, showing workings in the Thick Shale from Polbeth No. 7, No. 7½, and No. 10, abandoned in 1885.

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