[2][3] Production started in 1894 - run by Caprington and Auchlochan Collieries Ltd and then by William Dixon & Company from the 1930s before the NCB took over in 1947[4] - ending in 1968 when the collieries closed.

[5] They were served at Auchlochan Platform railway station, part of the Coalburn Branch of the Caledonian Railway.

[citation needed] Eight people were killed at the collieries.

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