MineArchive
Menu

St Andrews Coal and Iron Company

The company that opened the Pitcorthie workings in early 1866 and first worked the ironstone there, calcining it on the ground and shipping it out through Anstruther. Its partners Robert Moyes and John Millar were declared bankrupt in 1868. Its clerk gave evidence at Cupar Sheriff Court in January 1868 that the works then comprised two mines four or five hundred yards apart.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
West Pitcorthie Shale Mines Fife 1866–1868

Record created: 6 September 2026 · Last researched: 6 September 2026

Accessibility options

Saved in this browser and applied on every page. Colour is never the only cue on MineArchive; if links are hard to pick out, underline them or raise the contrast. For larger text, use your browser's zoom.

Contrast
Link visibility
Motion
Reading width