unsubscribe JoAn Phillips Hoskins , Orlando,FL Email- <[email protected]> Home Page- <http://www.geocities.com/johos2001/> USGW Census Project <http://www.us-census.org/ IPFT [Internet Phillips Family Tree ] <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~internetphillipsfamilytree> WEBMASTER: DEB PHILLIPS in Arkansas <http://[email protected]> ----- Original Message ----- From: "THEDALE-BROWNS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [McPitz] Re: Draffan Gas Coal Pit > Hi Tom, > Tried to contact Robert McLeish but so far no response. I then > remembered an Ordinance Survey map I have of the Lesmahagow area from 1852. > It shows not only Draffan and Southfield, but two nearby coal pits! The > nearest one to Draffan (and I'm sure the pit my gggrandfather oversaw) was > less than 1/2 mile from Draffan. It is south and east of Draffan farm and > north and slightly east of Southfield. A single line Railroad ran past it > from Netherburn through Tillietudlem Station (near Fense) and ended at > Blackwood Station. The other coal pit in the immediate vicintiy was about > 3/4 mile due east of the first. Of course there are other coal pits shown > on the map but not near to Draffan. The print is very small and hard to > read. Not much info, I'm afraid, but hope it helps. > Russ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas W. Brown" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:03 AM > Subject: Re: [McPitz] Re: Draffan Gas Coal Pit > > > > Russell Brown wrote, on 17 March 2001: > > > > Subject: [McPitz] Re: Draffan Gas Coal Pit > > > > > > > Does anyone know of information on the Draffan (?) gas coal pit? My > > > GGGrandfather, John Brown, was "oversman" at that mine in 1861. My best > > > guess is that it was in the Lesmahagow area. Only four years later he > > died > > > from complications due to a mining accident. Thanks > > > Russell Brown > > > > Russell, my GF, Thomas WILLIAMSON, was born at Draffan in Lanarkshire in > > 1878, he migrated with his family to the USA in 1880 or 1881, and he died > in > > Alabama in 1929 as a result of a mine accident. My wife and I visited > > Scotland in 1995 and went to both Lesmahagow and Draffan. Draffan is > shown > > on our Granada AA road atlas of Britain: it is about four miles N-NW of > the > > village of Lesmahagow and about one mile east of the M74 highway. It is > not > > really even a community now, being only about four buildings, two of which > > are on one farm. We also visited the Craignethan Castle about 1-1/2 miles > > east of Draffan: a very interesting castle. The attendant fellow at the > > castle shop told us that he had heard of two mines in the area, the > Draffan > > and the Fense, but he did not know the exact locations. We did do some > > research at the local library in Lesmahagow, but did not succeed in > finding > > out anything about mines in the area. The library at the town of Lanark > is > > well equipped with a history and genealogy section, but on two visits > there > > so far we have not found out much about the mines in the area, which > however > > may be more our own failing than the librarians'. > > > > I would appreciate learning anything you may find out about the Draffan > > mine/mines, as I am sure that my GGF (Robert, father of Thomas) worked > > there: he was of a long line of miners in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. I > have > > considerable information on this line, and want to post some queries about > > them on the appropriate lists, but just have had insufficient time to > > compose proper queries. Please share with me and/or the list what you > learn > > about the Draffan mine. I will try to share anything more I may learn, as > > well. > > > > Tom Brown in Virginia, USA > > > > > > ==== SCOTTISH-MINING Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Scottish Mining Museum > > http://www.scottishminingmuseum.com/ > > <================================================> > > > > ============================== > > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== SCOTTISH-MINING Mailing List ==== > Visit the GENUKI West Lothian website > http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howie/genuki/ELN/index.html > <============================================================> > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >