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Loganlea No.2 pit

Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Loganlea Coal Co.
Loganlee Coal Co. Ltd
The United Collieries Ltd.
Opened:
c. 1875 ?
Closed:
1959

Coal pit in the lands of Loganlea, associated with Loganlea No.1 pit. Sited close, or perhaps reused the shaft of Muirhousedykes (1) pit

  • The 1883 List of Mines records Loganlea No.2, owned by Loganlea Coal Co. manager Jas. Strachan, working the Wilsontown Main coal by the stoop and room method, employing 10 on the surface and 28 underground. The downcast shaft was 15.5' x 15.5' and 342 ft deep, the upcast was 12' x 5' and 220 feet deep. It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.
  • The 1884 List of Mines records Loganlea No.2, owned by Loganlea Coal Co. manager Jas. Strachan, working the Wilsontown Main coal by the stoop and room method, employing 10 on the surface and 36 underground. The downcast shaft was 15.5' x 5.5' and 342 ft deep, It was a non-fiery mine ventilated by furnace.

  • Location of pit, and boundary of the lands of Loganlea
    loganlea 2 1895 loganlea 2 1914 loganlea 2 1956 loganlea 2 aerial

    References

    The Foulshiels Coal Co. have also two pit working,and at Loganlea a second pit has started in full swing

    West Lothian Courier, 19th August 1876

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