Greenside (Lead Ore)

Location:

Patterdale
24 miles [38 km] E of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 90, OL05) NY359179, 54° 33' 10" N, 2° 59' 27" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1880's - Greenside Mining Co.

1940's - Basinghall Mining Syndicate Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Lead Ore.

1884 - Lead Ore.

1888 - Lead Ore.

1890 - Lead Ore.

1896 - Lead Ore.

1902 - Lead Ore.

1914 - Lead Ore.

1921 - Lead Ore.

1923 - Lead Ore.

1929 - Lead Ore, Gravel.

1930 - Lead Ore, Gravel.

1945 - Lead Ore.

1950 - Lead Ore.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Greenside (Lead Ore)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	166	92	74
1902	146	75	71
1914	103	48	55
1921	55	21	34
1923	86	35	51
1929	131	46	85
1930	100	47	53
1945	113	52	61
1950	91	41	50

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Greenside (Lead Ore)

Notes:

1857 - Abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Greenside (Lead Ore)

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!

						Bell, R. G., 22 Feb 1888, aged 33, Miner, fall of a large piece of rock in a level while he was passing under it on his way home
						Clark, William, 22 May 1888, (accident: 07 May 1888), aged 60, Miner, severely cut and bruised about face, hands and body by the premature explosion of a shot with powder
						Cummings, Alexander, 28 Mar 1910, aged 24, Miner, killed by a fall of stone from the side of the hanging wall in a vein while engaged in sinking below a level
						Gibson, George, 07 Jul 1952, aged 33, overcome by gas - it was believed the gas was caused by a fire in the lower levels of the mine, caused by a fault in the electrical wiring [More information ...]
						Jeffrey, Christopher, 09 Jun 1892, 9:30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 23, Sinker, while engaged with others in sinking a shaft the bucket became detached from the rope and fell down the shaft, a distance of 12 fathoms [More information ...]
						Lancaster, John William, 09 Apr 1901, aged 37, Lead Miner, This man and other two miners were sitting on the top of the lead ore, &c., in a hopper getting a meal, when a man in the level below opened the spout or shoot to fill a waggon, and the other lead ore, &c., rushed in carrying the three men with it. Lancaster and the other two men were seriously injured, Lancaster fatally [More information ...]
						Mallinson, Richard, 07 Jul 1952, aged 35, overcome by gas - it was believed the gas was caused by a fire in the lower levels of the mine, caused by a fault in the electrical wiring; residence: Middle Rake, Glenridding [More information ...]
						Miller, John, 07 Jul 1952, aged 28, overcome by gas - it was believed the gas was caused by a fire in the lower levels of the mine, caused by a fault in the electrical wiring; residence: White House, High Glenridding [More information ...]
						Mulryan, Leo, 07 Jul 1952, aged 40, overcome by gas - it was believed the gas was caused by a fire in the lower levels of the mine, caused by a fault in the electrical wiring; residence: Browfield, Glenridding [More information ...]
						Pattinson, Daniel, 18 Aug 1884, aged 50, Miner, fall of ground from roof of heading while at work
						Pollock, Thomas, 13 Feb 1891, 12:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 44, Onsetter, fell down shaft a distance of 40 yards while removing a scaffold [More information ...]
						Santamera, Alexander Joseph, 15 Jan 1960, aged 47, overcome by fumes [More information ...]
						Sinkinson, William Foster, 15 Jan 1960, aged 23, overcome by fumes [More information ...]

						13 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.

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Greenside (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Greenside (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
1884 List of Mines
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
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
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1930 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
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