Scottish shale Scottish shale

Crossgreen No.1, 2, & 3 mines

Alternative names:
Binny Mines
Parish:
Uphall, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Seams worked:
Broxburn Shale
Opened:
c.1885
Closed:
Abandoned 1895 (No. 2), 1899 (No. 3) and 1910 (No. 1)
Current status of site:
Waste bing and course of mineral railway still apparent and (to the south of the mine), an area of considerable subsidence
Regional overview:

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Inclined shafts

Serving Broxburn Oil Works

The Crossgreen Mines - sometimes referred to as the Binny Mines - lay at the centre of a shallow anticline. Adits were driven to the south at a gradient of 1 in 3.9 and the south east at a gradient of 1 in 2.3 from Crossgreen No. 1, to the north at a gradient of 1 in 4 from Crossgreen No. 2 and to the north west at a gradient of 1 in 2 from Crossgreen No. 3. Haulages conveyed the output of all of these mines to Crossgreen, where shale was loaded onto standard gauge wagons for transport to Broxburn.

  • Location & workings at Crosshill No.1, 2 & 3 mines
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  • External references
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 5549, showing workings in the Broxburn, Grey, Upper Grey, and Curly Shales from Crossgreen, abandoned in 1910.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 3496, showing workings in the Broxburn Shale from Crossgreen No. 2, abandoned in 1895.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 3976, showing workings in the Broxburn Curly Shale from Crossgreen No. 3, abandoned in 1899.