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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALQUHARRAN COAL PIT | Dalquharran Coal Pit Dalquharran Coal Pit Dalquharran Coal Pit |
Peter Richardson F.C [Free Church] Minr [Minister] Thomas Scott Ivie Willet |
050 | Dalquharran Coal Pit produces excellent burning coals and is in good working order The coals brought from the bottom of the pit up an incline of about 35° and 200 fathoms in length, by an engine of eight horse power. There are 30 colliers generally employed raising the coal. There are three workable seams of coal - first what is called the "main seam" and is about 7 feet and and a half thick the second is called the "parrot" and is about 5 ft [feet] thick: the third the "rotten coal" and is about 3½ feet thick but this latter is seldom wrought being so bad that it will scarcely pay the working - |
| DALQUHARRAN COTTAGE | Dalquhorran Cottage Dalquhorran Cottage Dalquhorran Cottage |
Peter Richardson F.C [Free Church] Minr [Minister] Thomas Scott Ivie Willet Teacher |
050 | A one Storey Slated house built in the Cottage style - in good repair Property of F. Kennedy Esqr |
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Parish of Dailly
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