Scottish shale Scottish shale

Whitrigg No.8 & 9 mine

Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Dyson Refractories
Opened:
1940
Closed:
3rd January 1981

Fireclay mine in the lands of Polkemmet. The 1948 List of Mines records 22 men working underground, 3 on the surface - working the No.3 Fireclay seam.