mining in muirkirk today
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Although better known today as a former coal mining area, Muirkirk in the past was a strategic centre for the iron industry, with Muirkirk Pig Iron being world renowned RAILSCOT Muirkirk Iron Works The Muirkirk Ironworks were located south of present day MuirkirkThe works of the Eglinton Iron Company have several blast furnaces and rolling mills; coal mining and limeburning are actively carried on New works for collecting ammonia as a byproduct at the furnaces were erected at a large outlay in 1883 In 1894 a drainage scheme estimated to cost Ē1,100 was begunHeritage Muirkirk in the hills of Ayrshire PRESS RELEASE: Following the excavation and reprofiling of more than six million tonnes of rock and soil, Ponesk and Spireslack surface mines near Muirkirk, in East Ayrshire, have been transformed five years after they were left abandoned when operator Scottish Coal went into administration in 2013Scottish coal mines restored Mining Magazine
Auldhouseburn 1898 Scottish Mining Website
Bankhead Pit, Auldhouseburn 11 March 1898 3 men drowned in flooded pit; Muirkirk Pit Flooded Nineteen Men Entombed Muirkirk, Friday night A serious mining disaster occurred this morning in Bankhead pit of the Auldhouseburn Colliery, Muirkirk While crosscutting to extend the workings to the eastward, the men accidentally tapped an abandoned pit at Crossflat, and the water RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Muirkirk (1:2500), Strathclyde The Ironworks at Muirkirk was established in 1787, a year after the founding of a Tarworks at Kames (NS62NE 160) As a byproduct of the manufacturing process, the Tarworks produced large quantities of coke and this acted as an added incentive to the ironmastersMuirkirk Ironworks Canmore These rows are situated on the main road between Cumnock and Muirkirk, 4 miles from Cumnock There are 4 rows, 2 are built of stone and 2 of brick, and all are slated Row No 1 The first row (nearest Muirkirk) consists of eight houses, but six of them are unoccupied, and one tenant has rented 2 houses and pays 6s 6d per month There are 8 inmatesCumnock History Group Miners Rows
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MINING DINOSAURS Nonetheless, the pit mines around Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland, continued to be worked One of the reasons was that the high manganese content of its ore gave it a great tensile strength, allowing it to Muirkirk Parish 100 years ago East of SornThe town of Muirkirk stands near the centre of the parish, on Ayr Water, four miles from its source, 27 miles eastnortheast by railway from AyrBeing built on a straggling plan, with most of its houses one story, it lines a long length of roads; and though it contains fully as many inhabitants as Old Cumnock, it posses much more the appearance of a Muirkirk Ayrshireroots MUIRKIRK, a parish, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, 10 miles (W by S) from Douglas; containing, with the village of Glenbuck, 3125 inhabitants The origin and history of this place are both involved in obscurity and uncertainty; little more of it is known than that, previously to the year 1626, it formed part of the parish of Mauchline, and as such was included in the barony of the earls of LoudounMuirkirk Heritage
Lists of Mines Scottish Mining Website
Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1860: Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1866: Scottish Mining Website (list of collieries) 1869: Coal Mining History Resource Centre: 1873: Scottish Mining Website Part 1 Argyllshire, Ayrshire, Clackmannan, Dumbarton Dumfriesshire Part 2 Edinburgh, Fife Haddington Part 3 The former passenger timber platform and goods platforms remain here Glenbuck has been given over to opencast mining and demolished Muirkirk (New) Top This is the second Muirkirk station and was built when the Caledonian Railway branch reached Muirkirk The original was on the west side of the roadRAILSCOT Muirkirk Branch (Caledonian Railway) MINING DINOSAURS Nonetheless, the pit mines around Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland, continued to be worked One of the reasons was that the high manganese content of its ore gave it a great tensile strength, allowing it to withstand forces as high as 52,160 pounds in the pig (Singewald, 1911)MINING DINOSAURS UMD
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Muirkirk Parish 100 years ago East of SornThe town of Muirkirk stands near the centre of the parish, on Ayr Water, four miles from its source, 27 miles eastnortheast by railway from AyrBeing built on a straggling plan, with most of its houses one story, it lines a long length of roads; and though it contains fully as many inhabitants as Old Cumnock, it posses much more the appearance of a In just over two years, a 15strong, predominantly local, team from Banks Mining has completed the challenging restoration, working on behalf of East Ayrshire Council and the Scottish Mines Restoration Trust (SMRT) an independent, nonprofit organisation set up to facilitate the restoration of abandoned opencast coal sitesScottish coal mines restored Mining Magazine NS62NE 1700 696 269 see also: NS62NE 1701 6963 2694 Muirkirk Ironworks, Wagonway Bridge The first ironworks in Ayrshire, at Muirkirk, was founded in 1787 and continued in production until 1921 The remains of the blowingengine house, furnace bank and foundations of three furnaces are spectacularMuirkirk Ironworks Canmore
Cumnock History Group Miners Rows
These rows are situated on the main road between Cumnock and Muirkirk, 4 miles from Cumnock There are 4 rows, 2 are built of stone and 2 of brick, and all are slated Row No 1 The first row (nearest Muirkirk) consists of eight houses, but six of them are unoccupied, and one tenant has rented 2 houses and pays 6s 6d per month There are 8 inmates TALES FROM TODAY Arthur Bibbins was struck by a car on a Baltimore street in 1936 He died a day later (Anonymous, 1936) By this time, of course, all iron mining was a thing of the past, although some of the pits like those around Muirkirk were kept open as brick clay and paint pigment mines, even to the present day TALES FROM TODAY UMD The 6ft 3in swimmer, who has a total of 28 Olympic medals, can trace his ancestry back to the mining village of Muirkirk where men toiled in conditions which bred physical and mental toughness Revealed: Recordbreaking Olympian Michael Phelps
Industries Iron Scottish Mining Website
The Origin and Progress of the Manufacture of Iron In Scotland Statistics of the Trade Effects of Overspeculation Coatbridge and its Furnaces Description of the Gartsherrie Ironworks The Smelting Process Invention of the Hot Blast and its Effect on the Trade We are currently adding further names obtained from the registers of Fatal Accident Inquiries held at the National Archives of Scotland These registers contain all sudden and accidental deaths in Scotland, not just those by mining so this is an extensive task The books do not list the dates of accidents, only the date of the inquiryAccident Indexes Scottish Mining Website The highly skilled team were able to take the unsightly surface mines and transform them into what we see today – an attractive landscape in keeping with the surrounding Muirkik / Glenbuck valley Cheryl Hynd, Muirkirk Community Association member says: “The Ponesk and Spireslack sites, have now been fully restored by the Banks Mining teamMining team reflect on restoration of derelict East
Banks Mining complete Ponesk and Spireslack
WORK on the restoration of Ponesk and Spireslack opencast coal mines, near Muirkirk, in East Ayrshire, has been completed by Banks Mining Following the excavation and reprofiling of more than 6 million tonnes of rock and soil, the two sites have been transformed five years after they were left abandoned when operator, Scottish Coal, went into Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Mineral Shows Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz Photo Photo Galleries by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Mineral Photography Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom The highly skilled team were able to transform the previously unsightly surface mines into what can be seen today – an attractive landscape in keeping with the surrounding Muirkirk/Glenbuck valley Cheryl Hynd, Muirkirk Community Association member, said: ‘The Ponesk and Spireslack sites have now been fully restored by the Banks Mining team Double restoration success for Banks Mining AggNet
Scottish coal mines restored Mining Magazine
In just over two years, a 15strong, predominantly local, team from Banks Mining has completed the challenging restoration, working on behalf of East Ayrshire Council and the Scottish Mines Restoration Trust (SMRT) an independent, nonprofit organisation set up to facilitate the restoration of abandoned opencast coal sitesMuirkirk (Eaglais an tSléibh in Gaelic) is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland It was also a Civil Parish The village is located on the north MUIRKIRK IN THE HILLS OF AYRSHIRE tuugocouk TALES FROM TODAY Arthur Bibbins was struck by a car on a Baltimore street in 1936 He died a day later (Anonymous, 1936) By this time, of course, all iron mining was a thing of the past, although some of the pits like those around Muirkirk were kept open as brick clay and paint pigment mines, even to the present day TALES FROM TODAY UMD
Petrified Wood from Muirkirk Pit (Maryland Clay
Photo Photo Galleries by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Mineral Photography Petrified Wood from Muirkirk Pit (Maryland Clay Products), Prince Georges Co, Maryland, USAMuirkirk, East Ayrshire Sheep SHEEP, SOUTHWEST SCOTLAND: David farms 5,050 acres (2,043 hectares) on the hills of East Ayrshire The farm was in a very poor state – the land still scarred from the mining operation – and David had to quickly develop a system that would work with these difficult conditions Even today there are wet David Cooper Just Farmers For his daughter, it was the second mining tragedy in less than a year She lost her fatherinlaw the previous November, when he was killed in the Markham Colliery disaster The oldest victim was Colliery disaster which killed 80 was a tragedy beyond