Web Sites For a list of mines in Scotland in 1896, see www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/pdmhscot.htm There are some interesting notes on Fife Mines at www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/fifepits Books - General A History of the Scottish Coal Industry, Vol. 1 1700-1815 by B.F. Duckham (1970) Vol 2 not pub. Academic work, contains useful material on early mining A Short History of the Scottish Coal Mining Industry (Official NCB publication) 1958. Useful summary A History of the Scottish Miner by R.Page Arnot (1955) Social history of the miners and the Trade Unions. Contains useful bibliography Shale Oil Scotland by D. Kerr (1994) Very useful history of the shale oil mining industry. Privately published and hard to obtain. Books - Specific Areas Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy by G. Hutton (1997) Picture history of mining in Lanarkshire. Very good captions. Bibliography Mining - Ayrshire's Lost Industry by G. Hutton (1996) Same style as above. Mining - The Lothians by G. Hutton (1998) Another in this series Fife - The Mining Kingdom by G. Hutton (1999) Latest in this series. Coal Mining at Brora 1529-1974 by J.S.Owen (1995) Short history of ming in this isolated area Some Notes on the Coal Industry in Hamilton by W. Wallace(1985). Typescript notes on some of the pits in this area. Books - Specific Companies The Story of Shotts by A.Muir (c1952) Official history of Shotts Iron Co.and its pits The Coltness iron Co. by J.L. Carvel (1948) Officially sponsored history of this Company The New Cumnock Coal Field by J.L. Carvel (1946) Similar style to the above. The Fife Coal Company by A. Muir (c1952) Official history of this Company and its pits One Hundred Years in Coal by J.L. Carvel (1944) History of the Alloa Coal Co. Similar style to the others by Carvel The Wemyss Private Railway by A.W. Brotchie (1998) Contains good history of coal mining on Wemyss Estate Where Iron Runs Like Water by B. Watters (1998) History of the Carron Iron Co. including mines Hope this is of some interest. Only some of the more useful works have been noted - there are of course many others! Russell Wear