The Hyslops of Bank had worked a number of small coal pits in their lands since they had acquired the Bank estate in the late 18th century. In 1860, they formed The Bank Coal Company, acquiring the collieries of the  Nithsdale Iron Works at the time of its collapse in 1857, including the Bank pits [6]. 

The Bank Brick Works were erected adjacent to Bank No.1 Pit, which would later be known as the Old Pit. Presumably the clay from Straid was still used to make the bricks and transported to Bank No.1 on the rail trackway that the Ironworks Company had built.

The Brick Works closed down in the 1960's [11]and of the millions of Bank Bricks produced through the years, many can still be found in the rubble of old buildings and ruined houses, including at the Hyslop's Bank House.
 
Nothing now remains of the Bank pits and Brick Works due to extensive opencast workings in the area and re-planting of confiers and shrubs.