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Fletcher Pit (Iron Ore) |
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Fletcher Pit (Iron Ore)
| Location: |
Cleator
3½ miles [6 km] SSE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NY004134, 54° 30' 23" N, 3° 32' 16" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1910's - Executors of Miles Postlethwaite |
| Output: |
1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). |
| Employment: |
1914 - 14 (9 below, 5 surface) |
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!
| | | | | | | Telfer, Edward, 06 Dec 1911, aged 28, Sinker, during a fierce gale a tram was blown into the shaft, breaking through the protective fencing |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Fletcher Pit (Iron Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
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