Scottish shale Scottish shale

Torbanehill No.17 pit

Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
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