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Flushamere (Metal Mine) |
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Flushamere (Metal Mine) |
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Flushamere (Metal Mine)
| Location: |
Middleton-in-Teesdale
15½ miles [25 km] SE of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 91, 92, OL31) NY909310, 54° 40' 26" N, 2° 8' 28" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Dec 1949 |
| Pits: |
No. 2 Mine, sinking: 1830 |
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 Shaft details for No. 2 Mine |
| Owners: |
1880's - London Lead Co. |
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1890's - William Lee & Son |
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1920's - W. & W. Lee |
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1950's - Flushiemere Barytes Mines Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Lead Ore. |
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1884 - Lead Ore. |
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1888 - Lead Ore. |
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1890 - Lead Ore. |
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1896 - Lead Ore. |
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1902 - Barytes. |
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1914 - Barytes. |
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1921 - Barytes, Lead Ore. |
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1923 - Barytes, Lead Ore. |
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1924 - Barytes, Lead Ore. |
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1925 - Barytes, Lead Ore. |
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1927 - Barytes, Lead Ore. |
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1945 - Barytes, Fluorspar. |
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1950 - Barytes, Fluorspar. |
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Detailed Mineral Statistics for Flushamere (Metal Mine) |
| Employment: |
1884 - 0 [Standing] |
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1890 - 0 [Standing] |
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1896 - 2 |
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1902 - 0 [Abandoned & dismantled] |
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1914 - 2 |
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1921 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface) |
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1923 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1924 - 1 |
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1925 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) |
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1927 - 0 [Not worked since 1925] |
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1945 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) |
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1950 - 12 (7 below, 5 surface) [Abandoned 12/49] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Flushamere (Metal Mine) |
| Notes: |
1830 - The Flushie Mere No. 2 Lead Mine Shaft in the township of Forest and Frith was sunk from the surface down to the Great Limestone. |
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1949, Dec - Abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Flushamere (Metal Mine)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Flushamere (Metal Mine)
Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1927 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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