On 12/2/05 9:30 pm, "Janice Aitkens" <aitkens64@msn.com> wrote: > Could someone tell me what a Shale Miner Oil shale was mined extensively in West Lothian until the import of Middle East oil. The main area is west of Edinburgh by a few miles. The Calder's area has many large pit bings remaining. The shale was mined and then heated to extract the oil with the waste being piled high above ground some times the neat pyramid heaps remain and are now protected landmarks and natural heritage sites (rare plants have colonised them). Robin -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland