2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Information hosted on The Diggings™ is based on publicly available data through the Bureau of Land Management. A pleasant, healthy place, commanding charming vistas of Strathclyde, it mainly consists of plain red sandstone houses, studded with villas and cottages-ornées, the summer resorts of Glasgow citizens; is lighted by gas; and has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, insurance, and telegraph departments, a branch of the Clydesdale Bank, two hotels, and a public library. Most of the superiorities, with part of the property, and all the tithes, now belong to the Duke of Hamilton. District parochial schools are supported by small endowments, in addition to the fees; five schools are maintained by the parties connected with the several works, in which more than 1000 children receive instruction ; and three more are about to be erected by subscription.

Two schools, Bellshill and West End, had (1879) a respective accommodation for 288 and 262 children, an average attendance of 232 and 187, and grants of £176 8s., and £163 12s. The former two were financed by William Baird, the Coatbridge iron master, and the latter by the Bent Coal Company. On the Woodhall estate, ironstone, of good quality, principally that called the black band, is plentiful ; and it is wrought at Calderbraes, near the village of Holytown, and at Greenside, near Newhouse. Join our mailing list to get alerts for mine listing updates, new features, and special opportunities. This district is situated in a part of the county abounding with coal and ironstone, both of which are wrought to a very great extent. Carfin, a collier village in Bothwell parish, NE Lanarkshire, 1 3/4 mile NE of Motherwell, under which it has a post office. With respective accommodation for 110, 127, and 193 children, these had (1880) an average attendance of 88, 79, and 263, and grants of £86, 11s., £69, 2s. The parish is, in extreme length, about 8 1/2 miles, and varies in breadth from 2 to 4 miles, containing 13,600 acres; it is bounded on the north and west by the North Calder, and on the south, by the South Calder and the river Clyde. The church, which is a superior building, in the pointed style of architecture, opened in 1833, extends 72 feet by 45, and contains 1200 sittings ; the cost of the building was £4200, and it has a good bell, provided by the parish, at an expense of £150, and a clock which cost £133, raised by voluntary subscription. There is a place of worship for members of the United Associate Synod ; and schools for the instruction of children are supported by the proprietors of the several works. The soil is a cold and tenacious clay, difficult to work, but, from the improved state of husbandry, producing favourable crops, though not more than sufficient for the supply of the population. Pop. Bothwellhaugh was a Scottish coal mining village housing Hamilton Palace Colliery workers and their families. The Diggings™ accepts no liability for the content of this data, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Pop. 28 June 1889. …reflecting aspects of the village's heritage. Near this it forms a piece of table-land of about one mile in extent, running to the westward, at the head of which are situated the church and village, about 130 feet above the level of the sea, and commanding a beautiful view, to the east, of the vale of Clyde. Browse mine owners by state in the United States of America, Browse owners by category (corporation, agency, private), Browse owners by interest relationship (partner, holder, agent, etc.). Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and mining claims. By the 1870's deep lying seams in the Bellshill Bothwell and Uddingston areas were being … The principal manufactures of the parish are those of pig-iron and steel, the former of which is produced at the Monkland Company's works at Chapelhall, to a great extent ; about 100 tons of steel are manufactured annually, 30 tons of which are made into files, and upwards of 700 persons are employed at the works.

Among the principal mansions are, Woodhall, an ancient house in good preservation; Cleland House, a handsome modern mansion, beautifully situated on the South Calder; Carfin and Jerviston, both on the banks of the same river; and Lauchope House, an elegant mansion recently erected, and tastefully embellished. It was said that the fall displaced two props and a crown, Russell, Charles, 06 Aug 1906, aged 24, Painter, He was crushed by the bell crank of the pumping engine, which was started while he was preparing to paint the logs on which it is set, Scullion, James, 30 Dec 1884, Roadsman, Fall of roof. Other 7 men on cage escaped, Love, Edward, 04 Jun 1903, aged 46, Engineer, While riding in an empty waggon beneath the screens he put up his head and got crushed against a girder, Low, Thomas, 11 Aug 1899, (accident: 21 Dec 1898), aged 40, Contractor miner, Some props were knocked out on haulage road by hutches, and while putting a hutch on the rails the roof gave way.

(1841) 1431, (1861) 1990, (1871) 1707, (1881) 1675. Inspector of Mines, 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), East Scotland District (No. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the, 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Bothwell, Utah includes 52 nearby mines.

The celebrated Joanna Baillie was born in the manse, during the incumbency of her father, the Rev. The mansion of Woodhall, on the bank of the North Calder, is a spacious building in the style of the age of Louis XIV.