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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 781116
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/781116
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This colliery is depicted on the 1:10560 scale Ordnance Survey map (Provisional Edition, 1958).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 20 August 1998.
BANK 6
Location: New Cumnock
Previous Owners: New Cumnock Collieries Limited
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1925
Year Closed: 1969
Year Abandoned: 1969
Statistics: see Bank 1
Shaft/Mine Details: surface mine, to approximately 55m
Details in 1948: Output 150 tons per day, 44,100 tons per annum. 75 employees. Screening at Bank No. 1 and washing at Knockshinnoch Castle. Packed lunches from Knockshinnoch Castle canteen. Some steam power, 100% electricity from public supply. Report dated 09-08-1948.
Other Details: Famous because its old disused workings were used as the route through which miners trapped in the Knockshinnoch Castle disaster of 1950 were rescued. Coal and blaes used to fuel associated brickworks until 1960s.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
