COAL MINING HISTORY RESOURCE CENTRE

FIFE, HADDINGTON, INVERNESS, KINROSS

FIFE

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Wm. Anderson, Graighall Ceres, Cupar Balognie Colliery Co. Ltd., Markinch	Graighall (marl)	Geres	Wm. Anderson		9	3
Countess of Buckinghamshire, Fordell, Fife	Fordell	Crossgates	Wm. King	Alice Pit Peter Miller Lady Anne Pit Wm. Jonstone	331	110
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., Newmains	Blairhill	East Grange	Alex. M Ritchie	Jas. Wyllie	499	158
Fife Coal Co Ltd., Level	Aitken	Kelty	WG Spalding	Kirkwood McNeill	828	307
ditto	Benarty	Blairadam	ditto	Jas. Paterson	87	27
ditto	Blairadam	ditto	Jas. Roden	Alexr. Lyle	158	49
ditto	Bowhill	Carenden	Jas. MacGFarlane	No.1 Pit James Buchanan No.2 Pit Blyth Davidson	1268	328
ditto	Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Jno. Gray	Foulford Pit Andrew Scott Cowdenbeath No.9 Pit David Scott	289	82
ditto	Cowdenbeath Nos.7 and 10 (Kirkford)	ditto	Geo. S Christie	John Alexander	347	147
ditto	Dalbeath	Crossgates	James Erskine	Charles Seaman	422	152
ditto	Donibristle East Mine	Donibristle			9	1
ditto	ditto James and Marion	ditto	Robert Aitchison	Jas. Methven	250	84
ditto	ditto Nos.12&15	ditto	ditto	John Duncan	203	66
ditto	Dunnikier	Kirkaldy	David Jack	Pannie Pit Wm. Smart Brown Lena Pit WT Lyons	395   60	115   18
ditto	Earls Row	Donibristle		Plans deposited 22/2/18	-	-
ditto	Kinglassie	Kingslassie	Charles Lilly		185	64
ditto	Lassodie Mill	Kelty	John Spence	Jas. Rattary	92	22
ditto	Leven Nos.1&2	Leven	Wm. Cairns	Mo.1 Pit John Monaghan No.2 Pit Robert Brown	552	196
ditto	Leven No.4 Pirnie	ditto ditto	Robert Burt ditto	Henry Wilson ditto	181	46
ditto	Lindsay	Kelty	John Spence	No.4 Pit David Forbes No.5 Pit Jas. Penman	267	71
ditto	Lochore	Lochore	Robert Stewart		479	134
ditto	Lumphinans	Cowdenbeath	Wm. E Richardson	Jn. McLean	665	225
ditto	Mossbeath	ditto	Alexr. Thomson	Charles Hynde	320	99
ditto	Thornton	Thornton	David Jack	Jas. McCubbrey	26	10
ditto	Valleyfield	Culcross	Wm. Lang	John Shimmins	267	102
ditto	Wellsgreen	Wenyss	John Brown	William Cowan	267	97
Kingseat Co Ltd., Dunfermline	Dean	Kingseat	Alexr. Walker		149	33
Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., Lochgelly	Arthur	Lochgelly	Wm. Gray		298	50
ditto	Dundonald (Lady Helen)	Cardenden	John Armstrong		160	25
ditto	ditto (West Mine)	ditto	ditto		112	42
ditto	Jenny Grey	Lochgelly	Robt. Park		318	40
ditto	Little Raith (Gordon, Dora and Lochhead Pits and Lochhead Mine)	Cowdenbeath	Frank Forsyth		542	155
ditto	Lochgelly (Nelly and Mary)	Lochgelly	James Dawson	Mary Pit Andrew Anderson	687	139
ditto	Minto	ditto	Wm. Barclay		644	120
Lochside Coal and Fireclay Co. Ltd., Townhill, Dunfermline	Appin	Dunfermline	Wm. Wilson	Not working since Aug. 1914	-	-
ditto	Lochside	ditto	ditto		32	3
James Martin, Cults, Ladybank	Rameldry	Rameldry	W Maxwell	W Wilkinson	13	2
Henry Ness and Co. Ltd., Muircockhall Colliery, Townhill, Dunfermline	Muircockhall	Townhill	Wm. Weir	Wm. Kyle	159	50
John Nimmo and Sons Ltd., 163 Hope St., Glasgow	Rosebank Nos.2&3	Dunfermline	John Loundon	Alexander Hynd	95	23
ditto	ditto No.6	ditto		Abandoned 24/6/18	-	-
Oakley Collieries Ltd., Oakley, Dunfermline	Oakley	Oakley	Wm. Shepherd	N McNeil	153	45
Earl of Rosslyns Collieries Ltd., Dysart	Dysart	Dysart	Lady Blanche and Frances Pit David Reid Randolph Pit James Saunders	Lady Blanche and Frances Pit John Loudon	616	178
Thos. Spowart and Co. Ltd., Lassodie, Dunfermline	Elgin and Wellwood, Leadside Pit	Dunfermline	William Wilkinson	Alexr. Shepherd	126	38
ditto	ditto Arthur Pit	ditto	ditto	Jas. Greig	91	17
ditto	ditto Leadside Mine	ditto	ditto	David Barclay	32	6
ditto	Lassodie	ditto	D Archibald	James Wilson David Ralton	371	100
Townhill (Dunfirmline) Colliery Ltd., Townhill, Dunfermline	Townhill	ditto	David Scott		176	38
Wemyss Coal Co Ltd., East Weymss	Cameron	Buckhaven	Wm. Page	Peter Brown	215	48
ditto	Earlseat	West Weymss	Jas. Burgess	Albert Scarlett Henry Dewar	313	82
ditto	Lochhead (Lochhead and Victoria Pits)	ditto	George Walsh	Isaac Young Victoria Pit Thos. Christie	375	71
ditto	Michael	East Weymss	Archd. Sharp	No.1 Pit Henry Dalrimple No.2 Pit Jas. Oswald Wyles	710	175
ditto	Muiredge	Buckhaven	Hy. Reid	Robert Cowan	286	114
ditto	Rosie	ditto	Elexr. Ross	No.1 Pit David Webster	270	66
ditto	Wellesley	Methil	John Brown	Josiah Lyall	460	124
Wilsons and Clyde Co. Ltd., 75 Bothwell St., Glasgow	Glencraig	Lochgelly	John Clark	William Bauld	667	133
ditto	Lethans No.1	Saline	Alex. Bauld	Alexr. G Wilson	39	18
ditto	ditto No.2	ditto	ditto	Thomas Bauld	148	33

HADDINGTON

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Bankpark Coal Co., Tranent	Bankpark	Tranent	David Wilson	Andrew Craig	66	15
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd., Wallyford, Mussleburgh	Bankton	ditto	J Halliday	Samuel McFedries	192	74
ditto	Elphinstone	ditto	Wm. Leckie		262	69
ditto	Bellyford	ditto	ditto	Operation suspended due to the war	-	-
ditto	Preston Links	Tranent	J Halliday	T McLeod	579	158
Ormiston Coal Co. Ltd., Ormiston, East Lothian	Limeylands	Ormiston	Jno. McIvor		178	67
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd., Coatbridge	Prestongrange	Prestonpans	Donald Boyd		570	174
Udston Colliery Co. Ltd., 75 Bothwell St., Glasgow	Penston	Macmerry	Hugh Waddell	Temporarily abandoned	-	-
ditto	St Germains	ditto	ditto	James McLean	262	106
A White and Co., Ormiston, East Lothian	Tyneside	Ormiston	A White		44	8
Woodhall Coal Co. Ltd., Pencaitland	Pencaitland	Pencaitland	John Penman	Alexr. W McDowell	149	39

INVERNESS

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Wm. Baird and Co Ltd., 168 West George St., Glasgow	Raasay Nos.1&2 (ironstone)	Isle of Raasay	David T Munro		122	10

KINROSS

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Leven	Blairenbathie	Blairadam	Jas. Roden	Wm. McM. Campbell	200	56