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AYR, CLACKMANNAN, DUMBARTON, DUMFRIES,

EAST LOTHIAN (Haddington), FIFE.

AYR

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Adams Pict Firebrick Co. Ltd., Scotswood-on-Tyne	Pict (fireclay)	Saltcoats	Geo. Newlands		2	2
Ayrshire Bauxitic Cal Co. Ltd., Glenboig, Lanarkashire	Doura (fireclay)	Mountgreenan	M Rorrison		6	1
Bairds & Dalmellington Ltd., 168 West George St., Glasgow	Auchincruive Nos.1,2&3	Prestwick	D McKinnon	J Bell	725	260
ditto	ditto Nos.4&5	Monkton	Wm. Young		444	87
ditto	Ayr Nos.1&2 ditto Nos.9&10	Annbank ditto	D Forsyth ditto	R Forsyth ditto	5 496	6 134
ditto	Barony Nos.1&2	Auchinleck	Samuel Thomson	Ni.1 Pit, MM McGongon No.2 Pit RH Magowan	778	280
ditto	Benbain No.4	Dalmellington	Wm. Steel	R Northcote	76	27
ditto	Beoch Nos.2&3	ditto	James Lorimer		126	27
ditto	ditto No.a (formerly Benbain No.8)	ditto	Wm. Steele	Wm. Lawson	88	41
ditto	Bogton	ditto	Hugh Anderson		61	21
ditto	Bowhill	Patna	Wm. Morrison		65	19
ditto	Chalmerton Nos.4,5,6&7	Dalmellington	Wm. Miller		282	88
ditto	Cronberry Moor	Auchinleck	Wm. Baillie		140	36
ditto	Highhouse Nos.1&2	ditto	Wm. Prentice		314	88
ditto	Houldsworth	Patna	James Strickland	F Wilson	234	99
ditto	Kames Nos.1&2	Muirkirk	Gavin Lang	Thos. McLeod	573	174
ditto	Little Mill Nos.2&3	Rankinston	Thos. Sommerville		173	34
ditto	Mauchline No.s1&2	Mauchline	Archd. Chisholm	Wm. Hunter	441	143
ditto	ditto Nos.3&4	ditto	ditto	ditto	-	2
ditto	Pennyvenie Nos.3&3	Dalmellington	Arthur McAlpine	John Kennedy	317	106
ditto	ditto No.4	ditto	AH Walker		189	53
ditto	ditto No.5	ditto	Arthur McAlpine		64	13
ditto	Tofts Nos.1&2	Prestwick	Hugh Murray	James Dunlop	181	59
ditto	Whithall Nos.1&2	Cumnock	JC Parker	Hugh Hampson	331	94
Balgray Bauxite Co., Cunninghamhead Mine, Kilmaurs	Newtonhead Nos.1&2	Kilmaurs	Wm. Bertram		10	5
ditto	ditto Nos.3&4	ditto	Robt. Donaldston	Abandoned 1938	-	-
Broom Coal Co. per AH Walker c/o G Walker, Sons and Co., 233 St Vincent St., Glasgow	Brrom (abondoned)	Stevenston	Alex. Scobbie		10	4
Douglas Firebrick Co. Ltd., Dalry	Monkcastle (fireclay)	Dalry			13	5
Doura Coal Co., Mountgreean, Kilwinning	Doura Nos.1&2	Irvine	J Frame		25	8
Garrallan Brick and Tile Co. Ltd., 115, St Vincent St., Glasgow	Garrallan	Old Cummock	Geo. Johnstone		59	33
J&R Howie Ltd., Hurlford Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock	Busbiehead No.3	Crosshouse	Samuel McDonald		18	6
ditto	Muirside	Springside	ditto	James Donaldson	43	14
A Kenneth & Sons Ltd., Dreghorn	Montgomeryfield Nos.1&2	Dreghorn	W Reid	Allan Elliot	77	197
ditto	Shewalton Nos.1,2,3,4&7	ditto	ditto	No3&4 pit Allan Elliot No.7 Pit James Frew	336	32
ditto	ditto Nos.5&6	ditto	ditto	James Jackson	283	14
Lochwood Coal Co., Ltd., 21 Hope St., Glasgow	Lochwood	Kilwinning	John Irvine		4	3
John McCracken, Muirhouse Colliery, Dalry	Muirhouse	Dalry			4	2
AG Moore & Co. Ltd., 142 St. Vincent, Glasgow	Shieldmains No.s 6&7 Drogan	Drogan	John Watson	James Reid	76	31
ditto	ditto Nos.8&9 Drogan	ditto	ditto		14	7
ditto	Nos. 12 Drogan	ditto	ditto		40	17
New Cumnock Collieries Ltd., Bank, New Cumnock	Afton No.1	New Cumnock	Thos. Stobbs		143	109
ditto	Bank Nos.1,2&6	ditto	C Hogg		439	109
ditto	Knockshinnoch	ditto	John Bone	Thos. Burgoyne	286	71
W Nicol Ltd., Coalburn Colliery, New Cumnock	Coalburn	Cumnock	James Black		21	6
Portland Colliery Co. Ltd., Kilmarnock	Portland Nos.1&5	Kilmarnock	Thomas Weir	D Crawford	129	31
ditto	ditto Nos.4&6	ditto	ditto		15	18
Robert Semple & Co., 65, King St., Kilmarnock	Fortacres	Drybridge			20	8
South Ayrshire Collieries (1928) Ltd., 48 West Regent St., Glasgow	Killochan	Dailly	J McCance		139	47
ditto	Maxwell	ditto	John Leckie		98	29
P Spence & Sons Ltd., National Bank Buildings, St Marys Parsonage, Glasgow.	Langside	Galston			16	2
Walkers (Glasgow) Ltd., 74 York St., Glasgow	Shipmill No.2	Irvine	James McComb		27	9

CLACKMANNAN

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd., Alloa	Devon	Sauchie	TW Turner	John McAndrew	346	90
ditto	ditto No.3 (Meta Pit)	ditto	John Wallace		62	11
ditto	King O'Muirs	Alloa	J Stein		20	7
ditto	Tillicoultry	Tillicoultry	Wm. Dryburgh		60	15
ditto	Zetland	Clackmannan	Nicol Stevenson		31	9
A Dunsmuir Sons & Co., Coal Masters, Falkirk	Brucefield	Kennet	Wm. Adam		87	20
Tulligarth Coal Co., Ltd., Bank of Scotland Chambers, 20, Renfield St., Glasgow.	Craigrie	Clackmannan	Richd. McGhie		14	6
ditto	Tulligarth	ditto	ditto	John Eadie	239	55

DUMBARTON

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd., 168, West George St., Glasgow	Gartshore No.s1,3&12	Kirkintilloch	Neil McAlpine	Pat. Fitzimmons	469	213
ditto	ditto Nos.9&11	ditto	James Martin	FL Lorimer	214	78
ditto	ditto No.1 Twrchar No.1	Tewchar ditto	And. Williamson ditto	HA Clark ditto	- 300	3 114
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd., 41 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow	Dullatur	Dulllatur	James Clelland	Wm. Curl	75	25
ditto	Wester Gartshore	Kirkintilloch	Wm. Stirling	No.1 Pit Alex. Collins No.2 Pit Alex. Pettigrew	368	116
Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd., Castlecary Station, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire	Castlecary (fireclay)	CastleCary Stn.	Hugh McPhaill		23	8
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd., 48 West Regent St., Glasgow	Cumbernauld (fireclay)	Cumbernauld	AH MacBroom		15	4
JG Stein & Co., Ltd., Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire	Arns	Garbethhill	Robt. Weir		14	7

DUMFRIES

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Bairds & Dalmellington Ltd., 168 West George St., Glasgow	Fauldhead No.1&2 ditto Nos.3&4	Kirkconnel ditto	Achd. Wilson jnr. ditto	James Graham ditto	413 393	99 128
ditto	Gateside Nos.4&5	Sanquhar	William McNaughton		191	59
ditto	Tower Mine	ditto	ditto		2	-
Harelaw Lime & Coal Co., Harelaw Gardens, Cannobie	Archerbeck	Canobie			5	1

EAST LOTHIAN (Haddington)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd., Wallyford, Mussleburgh	Bankton	Nr. Prestonpans	J Monaghan		3	43
ditto	Fleet	ditto	David Livingstone	David Spence	644	110
ditto	Preston Links	Prestonpans	J Monaghan	Jewel or Five Ft. Edward Storie Great Seam J Gilmour	658	226
William Gordon 2 New Row, Trenent,	Penkaet	Pencaitland			2	3
Ormiston Coal Co. Ltd., Ormiston	Limeylands	Ormiston	Jas. McIver		194	73
ditto	Tynemount & Oxenford	ditto	Wm. Braxenall	David Campbell	263	68
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd., 176 West George St., Glasgow	Prestongrange	Prestonpans	John Rodney		481	141
A White & Co., Ormiston	Tyneside No.2	Ormiston			13	5
Woodhall Coal Co. Ltd., Pencaitland	Pencaitland	Pencaitland	Robt. Timpany	Joseph Wilson	159	47

FIFE

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Manager	Under-manager	Below	Above
Balognie Colliery Co. Ltd., Markinch	Balognie	Thornton	David Spier	Julian Pit William Speir Branxton Mine Robt. Imrie jnr.	445	155
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., 36, Robertson St., Glasgow	Blairhill	East Grange	David R Gillespie	Jas. Wyllie	889	265
Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Leven	Aitken No.21&2	Kelty	John Miller	No.1 Pit J Penman No.2 Pit R Laurie	997	324
ditto	Bowhill No.s1&2	Cardenden	John Clark	No.1 Pit No.1 District S McGuire No.1 Pit No2 District James Keddie No.2 Pit No.3 District Charles Seaman No.2 Pit No.4 District John Hunter	1275	296
ditto	Comrie	Saline	J Archibald		27	78
ditto	Cowdenbeath No.7 & No.10 (Kirkford)	Cowdenbeath	H Black	Wm. Huggins	402	115
ditto	Donibristle	Donibristle	G Marshall		19	8
ditto	Dysart (Frances)	Dysart	AB Sanderson	Pit Wm. White Surface Andrew Hutt	639	185
ditto	Kinglassie	Kinglassie	T Duncan	Surface Mine J Borrowman Pit Alex. Burnett	421	137
ditto	Lindsay	Kelty	HR King	Surface Mine George Buchan Pit Alex Thomson	580	149
ditto	Lochore Nos.1&2	Lochore	Alex. Clark	No.1 Pit Wm. Kay No.2 Pit Archd. Banks	640	198
ditto	Lumphinnans No.1	Cowdenbeath	Samuel Benson	George Wilson	179	44
ditto	ditto Nos.11&12	Kelty	John Fleming	No.11 Pit Wm. Shilliday No.12 Pit Wm. Jones	545	163
ditto	Mossbeath	Cowdenbeath	George Marshall		180	49
ditto	Randolph	Dysart	James Saunders		293	84
ditto	Valleyfield	Culross	Robt. Aitchison	John Sloan	510	186
ditto	Wellsgreen	Wemyss	James Crawford	Thomas Sneddon	222	65
Kingseatt Co. Ltd., Dunfermline	Dean	Kingseat	Alex. Gray	David Nicholson	95	67
ditto	ditto No.4 Surface Mine	ditto	ditto	Alex. McDowall	178	13
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd., Lochgelly	Dundonald (Lady Helen & West Mine)	Cardenden	JM Paul	James Watt	299	100
ditto	Jenny Gray	Lochgelly	Robt. Park	David Ritchie	369	65
ditto	Little Raith (Gordon, Dora & Lochhead Pits & Lochhead Mine)	Cowdenbeath	Frank Forsyth	Alex. Cunningham J Daglish	236	91
ditto	Lochgelly (Nelly & Mary)	Lochgelly	Robt. Bauld	G Penman	253	111
ditto	Minto	ditto	Wm. Savage	No.1 Thos. Wilson No.2 C Taylor	698	187
Lochsside Coal & Fireclay Co. Ltd., Townhill, Dunfermline	Lochside Nos.1,2&3	Dunfermline	AD McLuckie		71	11
Mercer Henderson Trust, Fordell, Crossgates	Fordell	Crossgates	James Kelly	Alice Pit M Johnston William & Lady Ann Pit Wm. Johnston	230	111
John Methven & Sons, 89 High St., Leslie	Lassodie Estate No.2	Kelty			3	1
Henry Ness & Co. Ltd., Muircockhall Colliery, Townhill, Dunfermline	Muircockhall	Townhill	James Erskine	Alexander Wilson	222	51
Radernie Colliery Co. Ltd., 163 Hope St., Glasgow	Radernie	St Andrews	John Lochhead		34	14
Rhynd Antracite Co., Rhynd, Carnock, Dunfermline	Rhynd	Carnock			-	1
Thos. Spowart & Co. Ltd., Elgin & Wellswood Collieries, Wellswood, Dunfermline	Derby	Dunfermline	C Palmer	Robt. Aitken	82	17
ditto	Elgin & Wellswood, Leadside Mine	ditto	ditto	Wm. Walker	65	22
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd., East Weymyss	Cameron	Buckhaven	Harold Baird		10	4
ditto	Lochhead (Lochhead & Victoria Pits)	Wesy Wemyss	George Walsh	Lochhead Pit Wm. Hampsson Victoria Pit Thos. Christie	697	155
ditto	ditto (Surface Dipping)	ditto	ditto	James Glelland	237	27
ditto	Michael	East Weymss	Wm. Galloway	Stewart Bauld	2183	433
ditto	Muiredge (abandoned)	Buckhaven	Harold Baird		184	28
ditto	Rosie	ditto	RC Mercer	David Shaw	565	94
ditto	Wellesley	Methil	John Sinclair	TS Stewart	1447	423
Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd., 36 Robertson St., Glasgow	Glencraig	Lochgelly	Wm. Black	No.1 Pit John Abbot No.2 Pit John McLean	1034	298
ditto	Lethans No.2 Surface Mine (abandoned)	Saline	Alex. Gibson	John Suttie	105	47