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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 850441
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/850441
NS42NE 25.00 4960 2940.
see also: NS42NE 25.01 4880 2976, 4793 3000 to 4970 2918 Railway Branch.
NS42NE 25.02 4906 2984 Footbridge.
MAUCHLINE 1, 2 and 4
(Location cited as centred on NS 4969 2938).
Location: Mauchline
Previous Owners: Caprington and Auchlochan Collieries Limited, Bairds & Dalmellington Limited from 1935
Types of Coal: House
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1925
Year Closed: 1966
Year Abandoned: 1969
Average Workforce: 783
Peak Workforce: 876
Peak Year: 1958
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, both 274m deep
Details in 1948: Output 1,000 tons per day, 250,000 tons per annum, longwall and stoop and room working. 820 employees. 5 screens for dry coal, Baum-type (Norton) washer. Baths (1939, for 756 men), packed-meal canteen. Steam and electricity, none from public supply. Report dated 09-08-1948.
RCAHMS 2006
