Thank you listers for response and information re the mines in these areas. I am trying to determine the exact date my grandparents arrived in Scotland from Ireland - they were married in Ireland in 1901. It was interesting to me to find out that there was a coal mine named Linrigg at Newhouse as family birth certificates for six members (maybe more) lists them as being born inLinrigg Row, Salsburgh,Shotts. I myself was born at Shottsburn Cottages,Salsburgh,Shotts. Does anyone have any further information re the location of these cottages, also a miners row named the "Zulu Row"? Thanks for your help -