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Great Laxey (Metal Mine)
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| Location: | Laxey, Douglas 7 miles [11 km] NNE of Douglas |
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| Map Ref: | SC432850, 54° 14' 14" N, 4° 24' 21" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1870 map [www.old-maps.co.uk] |
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| Owners: | 1890's - Great Laxey Mining Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930's - Williamsons Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1896 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Copper Ore, Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Copper Ore, Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Great Laxey (Metal Mine) |
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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!
Bannon, John, 29 Mar 1883, aged 34, Miner, fall of some ground which he knew to be unsafe, and which he himself should have taken down instead of working beneath it | ||||||
Gawne, John Thomas, 10 Dec 1904, aged 40, Miner, scaffolding gave way and they fell into water [More information ...] | ||||||
Gawne, Thomas, 30 Jan 1892, 10:30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 26, Labourer, he was working at the foot of a heap of "stuff," resting on a "bunning" or "stull" (platform) and was causing it to run down into the level; while he was in the act of loosening a large stone it rolled down and caught him in the stomach causing internal injuries which resulted in his death three days afterwards | ||||||
Gelling, Henry Louis, 10 Dec 1904, aged 18, Miner's Labourer, scaffolding gave way and they fell into water [More information ...] | ||||||
Kermode, John, 23 Sep 1881, aged 63, Miner, explosion of a charge of powder while tamping the hole with an iron bar; it is not known exactly how much tamping had been put in, but the evidence went to show that it was not much | ||||||
Partington, Thomas, 21 Aug 1888, aged 49, Machine Man, he sat upon a weak hand-rail, it gave way and he fell 21 feet and broke his spine | ||||||
Quale, John Thomas, 10 Dec 1904, aged 40, Miner, scaffolding gave way and they fell into water [More information ...] | ||||||
Wade, Robert, 10 Dec 1904, aged 26, Miner, scaffolding gave way and they fell into water [More information ...] | ||||||
| 8 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 Great Laxey (Metal Mine)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Great Laxey (Metal Mine)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 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
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), North Wales & I.O.M. District (No. 9) by C. Le Neve Forster,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
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
- 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
- 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
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