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CLACKMANNAN, DUMBARTON, DUMFRIES, EDINBURGH

CLACKMANNAN

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Alloa	Alloa, Whinhall Nos.1&3	Alloa	Peter Hill		126	40
ditto	ditto Jellyholme	ditto	ditto		46	15
ditto	Devon	Sauchie	Allan Armstrong	Robert Archibald	304	133
ditto	Sheriffyards	Tillcoultry	Samuel Benson		152	82
ditto	Tillcoultry	ditto	Allan Armstrong	David Hunter	40	19
A Dunsmuir Sons and Co., Camelon Collieries, Falkirk	Brucefield	Clackmannan			-	-
Tulligarth Coal Co. Ltd., 86 St. Vincent St. Glasgow	Tulligarth	ditto	Jas. Brown		88	21

DUMBARTON

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Wm. Baird and Co. Ltd., 168 West George St., Glasgow	Gartshore Nos.1,3&4	Kilsyth	Neil McAlpine	Peter Halket No.2 Pit Wm. Halket	104	44
ditto	ditto Nos.2,9&11	ditto	ditto	Nos.9&11 Pits Peter Clelland	187	71
ditto	ditto No.10 Twechar No.1	ditto Kirkintilloch	Robert Freeland ditto	Jas. Smith ditto	237	79
ditto	St. Flannans	Kirkintilloch	Wm. McAlpine	No.1 Pit Alex. Tirvit No.2 Pit Wm. Halket	170	62
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd., 10 Bothwell St., Glasgow	Wester Gartshore	ditto	David Wilson	Arthur Clemenson	93	28
Castlecary Fireclay Co., Castlecary Station, by Bonny bridge	Carstlecary	Castlecary Stn.		John Roy	29	4
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd., 48 West Regent St., Glasgow	Cumbernauld (fireclay)	Cumbernauld	Wm. Smith		9	2
Glenvault & Campsie Fireclay, Lime & Coal Co. Litd., 65 West Regent St., Glasgow	Abronhill	ditto	Unworked since Oct. 1915		-	-
Woodilee Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., 53 Bothwell St., Glasgow	Meiklehill	Kirkintilloch	Wm. Campbell	Robert McAlpine	171	52
ditto	Woodilee	Lenzie	Thos. Jamieson	Wm. Parker	308	71

DUMFRIES

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Canobie Coal Co. Ltd., Canobie Colliery, Canobie	Canobie	Canobie	Arthur King	Archibald Komski	25	5
Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd., Sanquhar	Fauldhead Nos. 1&2	Kirkconnel	Archd. Wilson	John Farquhar	305	105
ditto	ditto Nos.3&4	ditto	ditto	William Wilcox	183	26
ditto	Gateside Nos.4&5	Sanquhar	William McNaughton	Andrew Wilson	221	77
ditto	Tower Mine	ditto	ditto		11	20

EDINBURGH

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Arniston Coal Co. Ltd., Gorebridge	Arniston	Gorebridge	P Milligan jnr.	Gore Pit Hugh Cameron Emily Pit Thomas Lithgow	642	209
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd., Wallyford, Mussleburgh	Carberry	Inveresk	J Armstrong	No.2 Pit Peter Henderson No3 Pit Jas. Jack	391	100
ditto	Wallyford	Mussleburgh	Archd. Barrie	No.2 Pit Robert Somerville No3 Pit Thomas Millar	427	128
Fordel Mains (Midlothian) Colliery Co. Ltd., Dalkeith	Fordel Main	Dalkeith	Temprarily stopped		5	3
ditto	Easterlees	ditto		Thomas Rollo	72	22
Gelnesk Colliery Ltd., 166 Buchannan St., Glasgow	Glenesk	Eskbank			-	9
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Newtongrange	Newbattle	Newtongrange	Lady Victoria Pit William Carson Easthouses Mine Alex. Gibson Lingerwood Pit David Haldine	Lady Victoria Pit Peter Dickson	888	417
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd., Roswell	Polton	Bonnyrigg	William Adam	George Allan	235	81
ditto	Whitehill	Rosewell	Joseph Tennant	David Jackson	222	123
AG Moore and Co., 142 St. Vincent St., Glasgow	Dalkeith	Dalkeith	James Allan	No.1 Mine James Bain Cawdencleuch Mine John Wallace	389	135
Niddrie and Benhar Coal Co Ltd., Niddrie, Portobello	Newcraighall Woolmet	Portobello ditto	Wm. Ferguson Alexr. Sneddon		470 532	162 115
ditto	Niddrie	ditto	Jas. Dunn		305	124
Oakbank Oil Co Ltd., 29 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow	Newfarm (oil shale)	Mid Calder	Robert Gibb		205	31
Ormiston Coal Co. Ltd., Ormiston, East Lothian	Oxenford	Dalkeith	David Cunningham		154	47
Paul, Gavin and Sons Ltd., 14 Torphichen St., Edinburgh	Vogrie	Gorebridge	Leander Miller		91	29
Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd., 135 Buchanan St., Glasdgow	Cobbinshaw No.1 (oil shale)	Cobbinshaw	David Black	George McPherson	132	21
ditto	ditto No.5 (oil shale)	ditto	ditto	Alex. Birrell	117	7
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd., 1 Castle St., Edinburgh	Loanhead	Loanhead	David Howieson	No.3 100fm. level and Ramsay Pit Alexr. Wilson No.4 Incline and 160 fm. level No.3 Pit Wm Strang	455	135
ditto	Roslin	Roslin	T Watson		222	52
Earl of Stair, Oxenford Castle, Dalkeith	Edgehead	Dalkeith	W Johnstone		7	2
United Collieries Ltd., 109 Hope St., Glasgow	Loganlea	West Calder	Geo. McDougal	Jas. Murdoch	270	119
ditto	Woodmuir	ditto	Jn. Shepherd	Hugh Crawford	134	39
Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co. Ltd., 7 West George St., Glasgow	Alderstone No.43 (oil shale)	Mid Calder	Wm. Paterson		52	14
ditto	Baads No.42 (oil shale)	West Calder	Alexr. Shearer	John Niven	156	66
ditto	Gavieside No.40 (oil shale)	Gavieside	ditto	Wm. Smart	94	30
ditto	Ingliston No.36 (oil shale)	Kirkliston	Charles Frame	John Burgess	143	25
ditto	Limefield No.32 (oil shale)	West Calder	Alexr. Shearer	Dd. Brown	57	20
ditto	Polbeth No.26 (oil shale)	ditto	ditto	Alexr. Irvine	43	14