Easthouses Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Easthouses Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Easthouses No.1; Easthouses No.2; Simpson Mine
Canmore ID 132495
Site Number NT36NW 164
NGR NT 3464 6599
NGR Description centred site mine surface buildings
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Newbattle
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36NE 164.00 3464 6585
EASTHOUSES Colliery
Location: Dalkeith
Previous Owners: Lothian Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1909
Year Closed: 1969
Year Abandoned: 1971
Average Workforce: 818
Peak Workforce: 1,030
Peak Year: 1965
Shaft/Mine Details: 3 surface mines, No. 1, No. 2 and Simpson Mine, all 1:2 incline. No. 2 mine was originally main airway, but was enlarged to accommodate a new haulage system. Ventilation/fan at mouth of Simpson Mine.
Details in 1948: Output 690 tons per day, 172,500 tons per annum. 633 employees. Output was taken in hutches by endless-rope haulage, and later in mine cars hauled by locomotives, to be washed and screened at Lady Victoria Colliery (NT36SW 22). Canteen, first-aid room, baths planned. Electricity supplied from Lady Victoria Colliery. Report dated 15-08-48.
Other Details: Coal sent to Lady Victoria to be screened [mechanically grading coal by size using an arrangement of vibrating or fixed bars or perforated steel sheets]. New steam-driven balanced-rope haulage installed in 1949. Re-organised in 1955, included the introduction of underground diesel haulage.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
