Benhar (Addie) No.2 pit

Parish:

Shotts, Lanarkshire

Local authority:

North Lanarkshire

The 1885 List of Mines records Benhar No.2 pit, owned by Robert Addie & Sons, manager John Sloss, working the Shotts Furnace coal, by the longwall method, employing 11 on the surface and 39 underground. The downcast shaft was 16' x 6' and 300 ft deep. It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.
The 1886 List of Mines records Benhar No.2 pit, owned by Robert Addie & Sons, manager John Sloss, working the Shotts Furnace coal 2', by the longwall method, employing 10 on the surface and 56 underground. The downcast shaft was 16' x 6' and 300 ft deep. It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.

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