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Baads No.15 Pit

Addiewell, West Calder, Midlothian (West Lothian).

Mine (shale), c.1872-1883?

Served Addiewell Oil Works. Substantial waste bing (merged with the bing of Baads No. 17 Mine) set within agricultural land. [Scottish Shale]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given 8 fig. coordinates derived from OS georef' tool. Approx. 100 fms [183m] deep.

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From Scottish Shale website:

"Workings in the Fells Shale and a small area of Broxburn Shale, linked by cross-cut mine to the workings of Baads No. 22 Pit. Houston Coal was also worked. The mine was served by a standard gauge mineral railway to Addiewell Chemical Works. The substantial pithead complex included two shafts; it is unclear whether shale and coal were serviced from different shafts. The British Geological Survey plan shows that Broxburn Shale was last worked in 1881, and Houston Coal in 1883."