Open questions: South Ayrshire

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Maxwell Colliery, Dailly

• Wikipedia says a fire broke out in Maxwell Colliery in 1849 and continued to burn for 50 years. (disputed)
• The Scotsman of 2 April 1919 reported that fumes came from an adjoining pit which accidentally went on fire about 95 years earlier and had smouldered since, and that flooding had failed to put it out. (disputed)