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Viewfield coal pit

Parish:
Carnwath, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
South Lanarkshire
Ownership:
Caledonian Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. (1889)
Caledonian Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. (1898)
Seams worked:
Hurlet Coal
Closed:
c.1903
Current status of site:
Waste bing remains within moorland area
Regional overview:
Mines in the Cobbinshaw area

Viewfield coal pit.jpg

Vertical shaft

Serving Tarbrax Oil Works

Thought to have been operated by the Caledonian Mineral Oil Company Ltd to supply fuel for Tarbrax Oil Works, and closed on collapse of that company. The workings were subsequently accessed from the new Woolfords coal mine, developed by the Pumpherston Oil Company Ltd.

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  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 4425, showing workings in the Hurlet Coal from Woolfords and Viewfield, abandoned in 1903.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 8602, showing workings in the Hurlet Coal from Woolfords and Viewfield, abandoned in 1926.

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