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Central Foxdale (Metal Mine) |
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Central Foxdale (Metal Mine) |
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Central Foxdale (Metal Mine)
| Location: |
Foxdale Station
5½ miles [9 km] WNW of Douglas
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| Map Ref: |
SC302776, 54° 9' 59" N, 4° 35' 59" W |
| Maps: |
 1870 map [www.old-maps.co.uk] |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1880's - Central Foxdale Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd. |
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1890's - Liverpool Syndicate Ltd., in liquidation |
| Employment: |
1882 - 96 (62 below, 34 surface) |
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1884 - 64 (26 below, 38 surface) |
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 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Central Foxdale (Metal Mine) |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Hines, William, 10 Oct 1891, 9:30 a.m., aged 53, Engine Driver, the mine was abandoned, and all the machinery had been sold by auction; Hines was an engine-driver at an adjoining mine, and after leaving his work at 7 a.m. he went home, had breakfast, and proceeded of his own accord to help a friend who had been told by the purchaser of a "bob" that he could have the timber if he got out the iron work; Hines slipped and fell down the shaft |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Central Foxdale (Metal Mine)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Central Foxdale (Metal Mine)
Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), North Wales & I.O.M. District (No. 9) , by C. Le Neve Foster, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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