Archaeology Notes

Event ID 770674

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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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.