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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 770674
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/770674
NS83NW 35.01 8135 3625
See also NS83SW 17 (Auchlochan Colliery, No. 6).
(Location cited as NS8133 3630). AUCHLOCHAN Colliery 9 and 10
Location: Coalburn
Previous Owners: Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Limited, Wm Dixon Limited from 1930s
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1894
Year Closed: 1968
Statistics: see Auchlochan 6 and 7 [NS83SW 17]
Shaft Details: 2 brick-lined shafts, No. 10 108m and No. 9 99m deep
Other Details: Washer handled coal from other local mines. Baths built 1930.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
