Fauldhouse No.13 pit

Ironstone pit in the lands of Braehead, associated with a substantial bing of ironstone waste. The 1895 OS map marks "old shafts" on the site, and a number of pithead buildings. Served be the same siding that served Leadloch No.1 and Leadloch No.2., linking the Caledonian Railway Benhar branch. No.13 was the last of Dixon's ironstone pit in the Fauldhouse area to remain in operation.

• The 1883 List of Mines records Fauldhouse No.1, owned by William Dixon Ltd. manager Thomas Nimmo, working the Shotts Ball coal by the longwall method, employing 3 on the surface and 17 underground. The downcast shaft was 6 ½' x 4 ¾' and 132 ft deep, the upcast was 4' x 4 ¾' and 132 feet deep. It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.
• The 1885 List of Mines records Fauldhouse No.1, owned by William Dixon Ltd. manager Thomas Nimmo, working the Shotts Ball coal by the longwall method, employing 7 on the surface and 48 underground. The downcast shaft was 6 ½' x 4 ¾' and 132 ft deep, the upcast was 4' x 4 ¾' and 132 feet deep. It was a non-fiery pit ventilated by furnace.

FAULDHOUSE The Miners - On Monday the great majority of the miners in No. 9 of Messrs William Dixon Company who were thrown idle got started in the ironstone workings in No 13 belonging to the company. It appears that there good demand for ironstone here the most of it however being to their own works Govan The whole of their works started on the reduction as also the employed in Coltness Iron Company’s works near Harthill

Hamilton Advertiser, 16th June 1888