MineArchiveMines in East Dunbartonshire
A small area on the northern edge of the Lanarkshire coalfield, its mining history represented here by the Gartshore pits near Twechar, sunk by William Baird & Co. in the 1860s and worked for over a century before the last of them closed in 1968.
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| Mine | Worked | Commodities |
|---|---|---|
| Auchinreoch Colliery | 1900–By 1937 | Coal |
| Balmore Colliery | 1940–April 1960 | Coal |
| Cadder Colliery | By 1869, possibly earlier–1920 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Gartshore Colliery | From c. 1860–1968 (last pit, Gartshore 9/11) | Coal |
| Meiklehill Colliery | By 1866–1923 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Woodilee Colliery | 1890–1930 | Coal, Ironstone |