The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to conditions of employment of colliers at Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1730-1743, 1783, 1792, including bonds of coalhewers to the mines, papers relating to renegade colliers, and petitions, etc., concerning the position of the coalgrieve (folio 1);

(ii) Lists of absences from the Urquhart colliery, 1743-1744 (folio 78);

(iii) Miscellaneous bills and receipts relating to the collieries, 1703, 1705, 1729-1746, consisting chiefly of bills for smith, wright, and mason work both in the mines and in the miner's cottages, but including bills for lime, thatching, transport, drink, ropes, and for contract work in sinking pits and bores (folio 130).