Filled hutches at Roughcastle fireclay mine

Maker
Tom Astbury
Production date
30 Oct 1979
 Description
View of filled hutches sitting on two lines of underground tramway. The hutches have levers protruding from one side. On the passage wall, a band of coal can be seen interbedded with the fireclay.
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Production date
30 Oct 1979
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Subject place
Roughcastle Mine/Bonnyhill Rd/High Bonnybridge/Falkirk area
Subject notes
The mine was about 30m deep and was worked by the stoop and room method. Coal was worked in seams of about 250mm. The hutches had a capacity of about one tonne of fireclay. The levers were probably for attaching them to a continuous cable which would haul them to the surface. The fireclay and coal seams Date from the Carboniferous period. Fireclays are formed from the compression of soil. Plants which grew in the soil died to form peat, later compressed to form coal. Coal deposits therefore occur above fireclay.
Accession number
P08348

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