Booklet - "Scottish Shale Industry Report"
code: LVSAV2010.072
Description
16 page booklet entitled "Scottish Shale Industry Report" by Accountants Appointed by the Board of Trade on the Costs of Production and Financial Results in the Shale Industry carried on by the Undertakings Associated with Scottish Oils Ltd.". HMSO publication dated 1925, reference number Cmd.2538.
Report written by Maxtone Graham and Sime, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh. Report includes a list of active companies; net costs of shale mining, production of crude oil and sulphate of ammonia and refining; works proposed to be closed; general administration and marketing charges; activities of the Scottish Oil Agency Ltd.; financial position of companies. Printed on cream coloured paper with black text. Mr Clark written in pencil on front cover, former property of George Reid
George Reid (1889-1990), 17 Greendykes Road, Broxburn worked at: Oakbank Oil Works, 1908 to 1931, Evaporating Plant & Retort Shift Foreman; Oakbank Oil Works, 1932, Demolition Manager; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1932 to 1943, Relief Foreman & Foreman; Hopetoun Oil Works, 1943 to 1946, Manager; Hayscraig Quarry & Hopetoun Oil Works, 1949 to 1953, Manager & Demolition Manager; Roman Camp Oil Works, 1953 to 1959, Manager & Demolition Manager