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Grosmont (Ironstone)
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| Location: | Grosmont |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Bagnall & Co. |
| Output: | 1873 - Ironstone. |
| 1882 - Ironstone. | |
| 1884 - Ironstone. | |
| 1888 - Ironstone. | |
| 1890 - Ironstone. | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Grosmont (Ironstone) |
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| Notes: | 1886 - Abandoned |
1892 - Avicula, Picton seams abandoned |
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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!
Agar, Frank, 03 Feb 1887, aged 42, Miner, returning to the place after a shot which had blown out some timber causing a fall of shale to take place from the roof upon them [More information ...] | ||||||
Breckon, Thomas, 03 Jan 1878, aged 35, Miner, the set took wrong way at points and crushed him against the wall | ||||||
Hardwick, Arthur, 03 Feb 1887, aged 14, Putter, returning to the place after a shot which had blown out some timber causing a fall of shale to take place from the roof upon them [More information ...] | ||||||
Harland, Robert, 09 Jul 1879, aged 19, Miner, fall of stone while passing the end of a place where another man was working near to roadway | ||||||
Stephenson, Robert, 14 Dec 1888, aged 65, Onsetter, crushed between tub and a prop near to the shaft bottom; he was caught while crossing the way in front of a putter | ||||||
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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)
Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
- 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
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites | |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
Further Reading:
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
