Hopetoun No.2 pit

Alternative names:

Hardhill No.2 pit, Hardhill No.1 pit

Parish:

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

James Russel and Son

Opened:

pre 1855

Closed:

pre 1895

Current status of site:

Housing - Mayfield Drive

Regional overview:

Mines in the Boghead coal

Pit in the Hopetoun (Ballencrieff) estate to the Armadale Slatyband Ironstone

Hardhill No.1 pit - This Name is given to a Coalpit on the Hopeton estate. out of which is taken Coal & Iron. The machinery is driven by steam of 17 horse power and the depth of shaft 61 fathoms. Its worked by Russell & Son Falkirk, and on the property Of the Earl of Hopetoun

OS Name Book

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FOR SALE, At Pit No.2, Hopetoun Boghead Colliery,

20-INCH Cylinder PUMPING ENGINE, 16-Inch Cylinder GIG, with 2 Boilers and Mountings Pumping and Winding Connectons, Pithead Frame and Pulleys, for which James Ruseel as Son, Falkirk, will receive offers

Glasgow Herald, 29th February 1872