Open questions: West Lothian

Where sources disagree, MineArchive keeps both accounts rather than picking one; where a fact could not be settled, the record says so. 13 such claims on 12 records. All regions.

Bathville Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Bathville' (catalogue S3734, Main, dated 1892); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

Benhar Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Benhar' (catalogue S412, Ball, dated 1962); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

Braehead Colliery

• Barr and Thornton worked Braehead Colliery from about 1908 until 1944. (uncertain)

Cobbinshaw South No. 3 Mine

• Cobbinshaw South No. 3 Mine opened in 1907. (disputed)

Crofthead Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Crofthead' (catalogue 7923, Mill, dated 1916); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

East Benhar Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Benhar' (catalogue S412, Ball, dated 1962); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

Foulshiels Colliery

• Pithead baths were completed in 1935 for 450 men with 37 shower cubicles; Wikipedia gives 600 men. (disputed)

Gavieside No. 11 Pit

• The Fells shale workings were abandoned in 1900, or in 1927. (uncertain)

Greenrigg Colliery

• A local history has the colliery, owned by the Loganlea Coal Company, taken over by United Collieries in 1905 rather than 1902. (disputed)
• Clay from the pit went to the Etna brickworks, placed at Armadale by Canmore and at Bathgate by the local account. (disputed)

Greenrigg Pit

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Greenrigg' (catalogue S335, Mill, dated 1960); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

Riddochhill Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Riddochhill' (catalogue S632, Jewel, dated 1956); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)

Southrigg Colliery

• The BGS mine-plans catalogue holds a Mining Remediation Authority abandonment plan titled 'Southrigg' (catalogue 9083, Mill, dated 1924); the catalogue gives no location and the plan's details do not clearly tie it to this working, so it may belong to another of the same name. (uncertain)