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The Louis Frost Notes 1685 to 1962 ACADIA COAL COMPANY, LIMITED MacBean Mine (Abandoned) This mine located at Thorburn, was opened in the year 1872 by the Vale Iron and Manufacturing Company, who in 1886 amalgamated with two other Companies to form the Acadia Coal Company, Limited. The workings were in the MacBean Seam, and worked by a slope from the surface. The mine worked until it was closed for a short time due to an explosion in 1885. On reopening it worked continuously until the year 1889, when it was closed due to a fire in pipe slope and the colliery was allowed to fill with water. The coal varies from 6 feet to 8 feet in thickness and is of good quality. The seam underlies the six-foot seam at Thorburn by an interval of 680 feet. The seam pitches at 32 degrees at the crop but gradually flattens to the dip. The method of working was room and pillar. The coal in the MacBean Seam left by the closure of this colliery is being worked by the present MacBean Colliery off the Lanark slopes.

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Last Modified: 98-03-15

Authored by: Louis Frost

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