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Maxwood Colliery & Fire Clay Works

Galston, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

Mine (Coal, Fireclay).

Both coal & fireclay were being extracted from this pit in 1893 & 1915. Sites of shafts now buried below field.

Alternative Names: Maxwell Mine, Maxwood No.1 Pit

Notes: "1893 - The Maxwood Mine in Ayrshire was owned by the Eglinton Iron Co, West George Street, Glasgow and Kilwinning. It was mined for coal and fireclay. The manager was John Love" [SBH]

"Ayrshire to be let - ... The going colliery and fire brickwork connected therewith at Maxwood in the Parish and near to Galston. The Works are on the Kilmarnock and Newmilns branch of the Glasgow & South Western Railway which gives ready access to the harbour of Troon where a large shipping trade is centered. the coals to be worked are chiefly the Stone coal and the accompanying fire clay of excellent quality and the Towerhall Coal; the Main and Major coals being nearly exhausted." [Ayr Advertiser, 19/08/1880]

The mine changed owners on multiple occasions, including: W. and D. Roxburgh, Maxwood Coal Co., Eglinton Iron Co., William Baird and Co., John Littlejohn and Son, Burnbank and Grougar Coal Co.

Geol. Survey map states 54 fms (99m) to Hurlford Coal. Given coordinates are for Maxwell Colliery (No.1 Pit).