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Tarbrax, Cobbinshaw, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NT 03130 55420 |
| WGS84: | 55.78236, -3.54613 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Hopetoun Member - Shale |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit |
| Registry: | second |
Shale mine, c.1905-06.
Alternative Names: Lawhead Mine
Notes: Marked on 1911 OS map. Given coordinates are approx.
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From Scottish Shale:
"Collapsed adit entrance, substantial brick foundations and earthworks survive in moorland site...
No. 1 mine in the Lawhead estate was a short-lived working in the Fells shale by the Tarbrax Oil Co. Ltd. to serve Tarbrax oil works. The adit plunged into the ground at a gradient of about 1 in 5 heading westward beneath the village of Tarbrax. It was opened in about 1905, but was abandoned only two years later.
Abandonment records also include a "Lawhead No. 3, or Tarbrax No. 1", from which Caledonian Mineral Oil Company Ltd worked Fells Shale until abandonment in 1897. It is unclear whether any of the old air shafts in the area relate to this working."
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