Mines in West Lothian

West Lothian was the historic heart of Scotland's shale oil industry, and Pumpherston Oil Works, established in 1883-84 as a purpose-built industrial settlement, gave its name to the Pumpherston retort, the standard design used across much of the trade James 'Paraffin' Young had founded.

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Mine	Worked	Commodities
Addiewell Oil Works	1866–c.1921	Oil Shale
Baads Colliery	About 1908–1962	Coal
Barbauchlaw Colliery	1900 (earlier pits by 1856)–February 1952 (abandoned 1953)	Coal, Fireclay
Bathville Colliery	By 1859–After 1902	Coal, Fireclay
Benhar Colliery	from 1818	Coal
Broxburn Oil Works	1860s–26 April 1927	Oil Shale
Crofthead Colliery	1840s–1923	Coal, Ironstone
East Benhar Colliery	c. 1938–September 1957	Coal
Fallahill Colliery	1890–1905	Coal
Fauldhouse Colliery	By 1855–c. 1896	Coal, Ironstone
Foulshiels Colliery	By 1894–1957	Coal
Greenrigg Colliery	1905–1960	Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
Greenrigg Pit	1806–By 1856	Coal
Hilderston Silver Mine	1606 (royal operation from 1608)–1870	Silver, Lead, Nickel
Knowes Colliery	1890s–13 April 1946	Coal
Loganlea Colliery	About 1890–1959	Coal
Polkemmet Colliery	1913 (sinking)–1986 (flooded 1984)	Coal
Pumpherston Oil Works	1883-84–1964 (refinery)	Oil Shale
Riddochhill Colliery	1890–1968	Coal
Southrigg Colliery	1883–1939	Coal
Whitrigg Colliery	From about 1900–1972	Coal
Woodmuir Colliery	By 1859–1963	Coal