Scottish shale Scottish shale

Muldron No.9 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Opened:
post 1855
Closed:
c.1885
Current status of site:
Bing largely extant, with subsidence at site of shaft

Pit in the lands of Muldron to the Curdly Ironstone at 17 fathoms

The 1886 List of Mines records Muldron No.9 pit as owned by Coltness Iron Co. Ltd, manager Robert Russel, working the Curley Ironstone by the longwall method. No.9, along with No.7 pit, were noted as "Stopped."

  • Location of pit, and boundary of the lands of Muldron