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Saline Valley Colliery Pit No.3 Steelend Mines [7] Steelend Mines [6]
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Steelend, Saline, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 05030 93400 |
| WGS84: | 56.12385, -3.52924 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 250 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, ManMade, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Ironstone mine (19th Century).
Adit mouth with W-trending 'dook' tunnel extended to modest ironstone workings, where an older level extended NE to a 12 fms-deep [22m] pit (probably the shaft marked on geol. survey map at NT 0491 9366). The mine was operated by William Dixon Ltd and abandoned in 1873.
See abandonment plans in refs for mine layout.
Alternative Names: Steelend Mine
Notes: Excavated a 36 inch-thick blackband layer within a 5ft-thick 'irony' succession.
Labelled as 'Old Ironstone Mine' on 1914 25" OS map. Two separate surface entrances/adits marked on geol. survey map around given coordinates and a short distance further NW at NT 0497 9344. Additional abandoned shaft marked at NT 0497 9339.
8 fig. coordinates derived from OS georeferencing tool (using geol. survey map).
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