'Coal Check Bill' - for the week of 14th January 1760
A printed copy of this was included as part of a report prepared for the Carron Company to demonstrate the method used at Edmonston for paying rent to the owners of leased coalfields, based on the amount of coal produced.
I have omitted the rental part of the document and included only the part showing the coal output by the colliers.
ABSTRACT from Mr Andrew Wallace's Check-bills of Edmonstone Colliery to 14th January 1760.
| Loch-shot pit. | Gr. | Sm. |
| Andrew Wilson Andrew Wilson, younger William Wilson John Wilson Henry Moffat George Wilson James Robson John Gordon David Moffat Peter Cunnyngham, elder, Peter Younger Thomas Cunnyngham James Selkirk John Peak James Peak David Peak David Cunningham Alexander Wilson John Boyd Robert Shaw James McClelen John Moffat |
28 29 28 27 26 27 29 27 27 25 26 27 24 21 21 21 29 24 33 38 21 28 |
15 16 15 12 7 10 9 10 11 14 12 12 13 13 14 13 8 11 16 12 14 10 |
| Back Dean pit, Mr Campbell. | Gr. | Sm. |
| James Kinghorn, John Murdoch Henry Archibald Andrew Robertson Thomas Scott John Archibald Robert Archibald Peter Currie William Cummings Mark Kerr William Cummings, Yo Alexander Porteous Alexander Phillip |
20 20 20 34 35 24 25 8 25 19 24 11 18 |
7 10 8 12 11 8 8 19 7 6 7 6 12 |
| Quarrie pit. | Gr. | Sm. |
| James Cheyne James Kinghorn Thomas Adam |
37 31 38 |
8 6 10 |
| Sick-side pit. Edmonstone. | Gr. | Sm. |
| John Moffat Walter Moffat George Moffat James Lindsay John Patton Robert Reid Adam Moffat Walter Reid Alexander Moffat James Clark William Moffat Hugh Jamieson William Jameison William Lindsay James Nicolson John Loues John Bennet David Wilson Wid. Pentland |
26 27 26 35 34 57 56 33 33 38 38 40 28 41 33 34 18 20 1 |
8 9 8 10 11 3 3 12 11 11 11 13 7 14 7 6 10 14 48 |
| Sick-side pit. Monktoun. | Gr. | Sm. |
| John Moffat younger Abraham Bennet Hugh Bennet William Bennet George Steil William Steil James Brown Peter Brown John Reid William Cuthbertson George McGill |
38 40 40 40 40 33 29 28 28 33 31 |
9 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 9 8 |
| Back Dean pit. Edmon. | Gr. | Sm. |
| Richard Smith John Nielson David Adam Henry Whyte James Craige Andrew Philip Robert Ingles James Campbell |
40 40 31 28 29 28 27 31 |
5 4 6 8 7 7 7 8 |
The Coal of DUDDINGSTON Check-bills to 12th January 1760
| Gr. | Sm. | |
| Black Rob. John Black |
53 57 |
9
0 |
The Coal of NIDDERIE Check-bills to 12th January 1760
| Gr. | Sm. | |
| John Balks Joseph Nielson Robert Floukar John Balks William Moffat Alex Taylor Alex Brown Abraham Brown |
45 28 49 21 35 25 0 17 |
10 8 10 6 9 6 0 6 |
- The amount of coal produced by each collier is shown in hundredweights, and split into Great Coal (Gr.) and Small Coal (Sm.) - the small pieces of coal were worth about half the price of the large or great pieces.
- I have left out details of the rents paid and other parts of the accounts.
- Original spellings and abbreviations have been retained.
NAS Ref: GD.58/7/2 (pages 124/125)