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Carricks (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Ireshopeburn, Weardale 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 91, 92, OL31) NY861379, 54° 44' 10" N, 2° 12' 54" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | May 1949 |
| Pits: |  Shaft details for Carricks (Iron Ore) |
| Owners: | 1890's - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd. |
| 1900's - Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Iron Ore. |
| 1890 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1896 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1902 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1914 - Lead Ore, Iron Ore. | |
| 1921 - Lead Ore, Iron Ore. | |
| 1923 - Lead Ore, Iron Ore. | |
| 1924 - Lead Ore, Iron Ore. | |
| 1925 - Lead Ore, Iron Ore. | |
| 1945 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1950 - Iron Ore. | |
| Detailed Mineral Statistics for Carricks (Iron Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1888 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1896 - 67 (55 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1902 - 60 (50 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1914 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1921 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) [Not worked] | |
| 1923 - 2 [Not worked since 1920] | |
| 1924 - 0 [Not worked since 1920] | |
| 1925 - 0 [Not worked since 1920] | |
| 1945 - 59 (37 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1950 - 0 [Abandoned 5/49] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Carricks (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1949, May - Abandoned |
| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Carricks (Iron Ore) |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
Fairless, Hugh, 25 Nov 1895, (accident: 15 Nov 1895), aged 27, Miner, while putting a tub of ironstone out-bye he got his little finger crushed between a prop and the tub, and died from blood poisoning on the 25th inst. | ||||||
Hodgson, Thomas, 15 Nov 1894, 1:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 48, Miner, Fall of ironstone from the roof [More information ...] | ||||||
Robinson, George, 20 Jun 1902, aged 39, Miner, a lump of ore fell out of roof and caught and killed him | ||||||
Thompson, William, 08 Jan 1906, aged 50, Miner, Died from natural causes as he was about to enter the mine [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
Wilkinson, Thomas, 07 Jul 1909, aged 67, Mine-foreman, Killed by debris projected by a shot | ||||||
| 5 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Carricks (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Carricks (Iron Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
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