Original Leases and Terminations for Albyn Works and Gas Works (Earl of Buchan). No 3. Report on Champfleurie and Ochiltree. Shales
code: 194684-3
Collection code:
194684-3
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Description
Extracted from a bundle of documents, drawings, leases and reports original tied together and now separated and listed separately as analytics. Handwritten report on samples of Shale drawn from No 1 Mine, Champfleurie and No 2 mine Ochiltree dated 23.10.1900 and signed James B[?] Gibson. Unbound, handwritten report in ink. The report describes the oil and ammonium sulphate yield of various shale samples tested in an experimental retort. The results of 21 different samples are identified, 15 of Broxburn shale, 5 of Dunnet shale and 1 of Barracks. The source of each sample within the mine is described, often as an area under the responsibility of a named individual (e.g. J. Curran, Jason Riley, R. Grant).
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