Beoch No.4 Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Beoch No.4 Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Benbain No. 5 Mine
Canmore ID 80648
Site Number NS50NW 5.01
NGR NS 5105 0917
NGR Description Centred
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish New Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS50NW 5.01 5105 0917
(Location cited as NS 5112 0917). BEOCH 4 Colliery
Location: Dalmellington
Previous Owners: Bairds & Dalmellington Limited
Types of Coal: Coking, House, Manufacturing and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1937
Year Closed: 1968
Year Abandoned: 1968
Statistics: see Beoch 3
Shaft/Mine Details: surface mine
Details in 1948: Output 330 tons per day, 90,000 tons per annum. 169 employees. Screening at Pennyvenie (NS40NE 26)and washing at Dunaskin (NS40NW 22.01). No baths (available at Pennyvenie), and only pit snacks available. Electricity, but none from public supply. Report dated 07-08-1948.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
For Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks (NS 442 083) and related monuments, see NS40NW 15.00.
