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Cobbinshaw South No. 1 pit

E of Cobbinshaw Reservoir, West Calder, Midlothian (West Lothian).

Mine (shale), c.1870-75.

Served Cobbinshaw South Oil Works. Now moorland with traces of earthworks. [Scottish Shale]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given 8 fig. coordinates are approx, derived from OS georef' tool.

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From Scottish Shale website:

In c.1870 the West Calder Oil Company Ltd sub-let rights of the north-eastern part of the Cobbinshaw shale-field to the South Cobbinshaw Oil Company (a partnership of Jonathan Hyslop, Hugh Rose and James Falshaw) who mined shale to supply Cobbinshaw South Oil Works.

Surviving mine plans are ambiguous, but suggest extension of workings northwards, beyond the extent shown on the Underground Workings map below. Other plans also show two unidentified shafts to the Raeburn shale (marked on the Map below).