Owners: several possible
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co.
Central Fife Coal Co. Ltd., Kinglassie,
Forrester & Co Ltd., Glasgow
are all known to have worked pits or mines
in the Boglochty coalfield in the 19th or early
20th centuries.
The location of the Lower Colliery was south-east of Kinninmonth (Upper) Colliery and closer to Whinnyhall. No specific details have yet been uncovered about the opening and closing dates or the coal workings of the Lower Colliery but the general information so far researched about the Kinninmonth and Boglochty area is displayed here.
April 2002 map research suggests that the Kinninmonth
No. 2 Mine may have been part of this 'Lower'
Kinninmonth Colliery. However, until this can be verified the
No. 2 Mine separate entry will remain in the index.
M. Martin & Webmasters
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| Colliery opened: 1840s? | Colliery closed: 1898? |
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| Source Date of Information Supplied | |
| Manager / Under-Manager / Men underground / Men above ground / Coal seams worked | |
| 1891 (David Bowman) | |
| 1893 (David Bowman) | |
| 1896 (Central Fife Coal Co. Ltd.) | |
| J. A. Thomson / ------------ / 22 / 10 | |
| Household, manufacturing and steam coals. | |
| Please see Stories Link: Bowman Story, for information on David Bowman, believed to have been Coal Master of Kinninmonth Colliery in 1891. |
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Extract: Statistical Account of Kinglassie Parish, Fife - 1791
"... There are many stone quarries and coal mines. Coal is the only fuel. The mine presently worked is esteemed the best burning coal in Fife. The coals are sold on the hill at 6d. the load, each load weighing 22 stone Dutch weight. ... "
Extract: Statistical Account of Kinglassie Parish, Fife - 1845
" ... Mineralogy.- Although, at no very remote period, coal-works were in operation, yet during several preceding years that occupation has been entirely suspended within this parish. There is reason to believe, however, that were coal pits less numerous in the neighbourhood, a copious supply of this fossil could be obtained. In various parts, ironstone, the constant companion of coal, is found. ... "
Kinglassie Colliery (19th century report)
| Coal seams worked | Thickness | Quality | Class |
| No. 1 Coal | 3 ft. | - | - |
| No. 2 Coal (Leven 6 ft.) | 5 ft. 5 in | Good | Household |
| No. 3 Coal | 4 ft. 9 in. | Good | Household |
| No. 4 Coal | 5 ft. | - | - |
| No. 5 Coal | 2 ft. 8 in. | - | - |
| No. 6 Coal (Muiredge 4 ft.) | 4 ft. 4 in. | Good | Household |
| No. 7 Coal | 4 ft. 9 in. | Good | Good Household |
| No. 8 Coal | 3 ft. 9 in. | - | - |
| No. 9 Coal
(Ironstone* & coal |
Ironstone * 1 ft. 8 in.
Coal 2 ft. 2 in. |
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Blackband
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| No. 10 Coal | 4 ft. | - | - |
| No. 11 Coal (Dysart Main) | 18 ft. | Soft | Inferior Steam |
| No. 12 Coal | 4 ft. | - | - |
| * this was last worked in the northern part of the coalfield around 1870 | |||
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| Please see separate entries for
Bogside Pit Craigend Nos. 1, 2, 3 Pits Goodall's Pit Kinninmonth Nos. 1 & 2 Mines Kinninmonth No. 1 Pit Wee Pit, Kinninmonth for more information on coals worked in this district. |
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"Fifeshire Journal"
28 February, 1850
MINERALS IN FIFE TO LET.
THE COAL and other MINERALS on the LANDS of
KINNINMONTH and others adjacent, situated in the Parishes of
Kinglassie and Auchterderran, will be Let for a certain number of
years. The Coal was formerly wrought, and abandoned from
insufficient Machinery. One seam at least was said to be of good
quality.
Blackband has been discovered at no great
distance, and Parrot of superior quality is wrought in the
adjoining property of Capeldrae.
Application to be made to Mr D. LANDALE, Mining
Engineer, No. 6, Forth Street, Edinburgh.
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"The Scotsman"
2 July, 1856
VALUABLE ESTATE IN FIFE FOR SALE.
THE ESTATE of KINNINMONTH, situated in the Parishes of Kinglassie and Auchterderran, only six miles from Kirkcaldy, where there are weekly markets for all kinds of produce, and within two miles of the Cardenden Station of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway. A Branch Railway through Strathlochty, intersecting the lands, is proposed. ... Mr Landale, mining engineer, reports that the Estate is entirely on the Coal Formation, and that three Seams of Workable Coal have been found, one of which has a Blackband Ironstone Roof thirteen inches thick, of the quality used at the adjoining Ironworks, now in course of being extended. ...
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"Cowdenbeath & Lochgelly Times"
Wednesday, 9 June, 1897
NEW MINING VENTURES IN FIFE
In the mining districts of Kinglassie, Cardenden, and Glencraig the outlook is improving considerably. Some few weeks ago the colliery known as Kinninmonth, near Kinglassie, which was started recently by the Fife Central Coal Company, was brought to a standstill, which left the miners and other workmen to shift for themselves. It is now stated with authority that the Company has been reconstituted, and that the colliery is about to be restarted. This would prove of very considerable advantage to the Kinglassie district. ...
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"Dunfermline Saturday Press"
28 August, 1897
KINGLASSIE - PRESENTATION
On Tuesday evening, a large and influential meeting of the workmen employed at the Central Fife Coal Company's Works (Kinninmonth Colliery), along with a number of friends, was held in Mr D. Lister's, to present Mr R. P. Thomson with a token of their respect and esteem for him while acting as under-manager at the above named colliery, and who is leaving to fill up a similar situation in South Africa. ...
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"Dunfermline Press"
27 August, 1898
AUCHTERDERRAN - STOPPAGE OF A COLLIERY
The Fife Central Colliery has again been stopped. Some fifty men, who were employed at the colliery, have, it is understood, found employment at Bowhill.
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