Scottish shale Scottish shale

Murraysgate mine

Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
pre 1938
Closed:
post 1954
Current status of site:
Developed for housing

Drift mine in the lands of Polkemmet

  • Listed in the 1938 Colliery Yearbook as working the Ball coal for household use, employing 13 underground and 2 on the surface; manager Alexander Bryce.
  • Listed in the 1948 Colliery Yearbook as working the Colinburn coal for household use, employing 3 underground and 1 on the surface; manager H. Alexander

  • Location of mine, and boundaries of the lands of Polkemmet