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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HALBEATH COLLIERY Hallbeath Colliery
Hallbeath Colliery
Hallbeath Colliery
Halbeath Colliery
John Watson Esq (proprietor)
David Goodall
Rev Mr Chalmers
Henderson Wallace and Co [Company] Lessees
035 [Situation] A little N [North] of Halbeath. A tolerably sized coalfield extending North and South from Edinburgh Perth and Dundee Railway (Dunfermline branch) to near King's Se [King's Seat] and East and West from Hallhouse to Pleasance farm. Proprietor John Watson Esqr, Lessees Henderson Wallace and Company.
QUEEN PIT Queen Pit
Queen Pit
Alexr [Alexander] Robertson
James Glass
035 [Situation] N [North] of Halbeath. A Coal Pit 85 fathoms in depth. The Coals and Water are brought up by a powerful engine worked by steam.

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