Torbanehill No.17 pit

Parish:

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

Robert R. Horne & Co

Opened:

c. 1884

Closed:

c.1886

Current status of site:

No surface traces remain

Regional overview:

Mines in the Boghead coal

Pit in the lands or Torbanehill, seemly a small-scale and short-lived operation to work out the last remaining pockets of Boghead Coal

The 1885 List of Mines records Torbanehill No.17 pit, owned by Robert. R. Horne, Torbanehill Coal was worked by the longwall method, employing 5 on the surface and 11 underground, with a downcast shaft 5' x 4½' and 21 fathoms deep and upcast 5' x 3' and 21 fathoms deep, a non-fiery pit, naturally ventilated.
The 1886 List of Mines records Torbanehill No.17 pit, owned by Robert. R. Horne. Torbanehill Coal was worked by the longwall method, but abondoned with a downcast shaft 5" x 4½ and 21 fathoms deep and upcast 5' x 3' and 21 fathoms deep.

Location of pit and boundary of the lands of Torbanehill