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Hodge Close (Slate)
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| Location: | Tilberthwaite, Coniston 24 miles [38 km] ESE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 90, OL06, OL07) NY317017, 54° 24' 23" N, 3° 3' 4" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | 1900's - James Stephenson & Co. |
| 1910's - Tilberthwaite Green Slate Co. Ltd. | |
| 1940's - Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1902 - Slate. |
| 1914 - Slate. | |
| 1921 - Slate. | |
| 1922 - Slate. | |
| 1923 - Slate. | |
| 1924 - Slate. | |
| 1925 - Slate. | |
| 1929 - Slate. | |
| 1930 - Slate. | |
| 1934 - Slate. | |
| 1945 - Slate. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Hodge Close (Slate) |
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| Employment: | 1902 - 4 |
| 1914 - 7 (2 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1921 - 12 (5 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1922 - 16 (3 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1923 - 20 (7 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1924 - 34 (16 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1925 - 0 [Not worked since 1924] | |
| 1929 - 32 (9 below, 23 surface) | |
| 1930 - 26 (11 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1934 - 20 (8 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1945 - 14 (4 below, 10 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Hodge Close (Slate) |
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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!
Brocklebank, John, 20 Jul 1911, aged 36, Quarryman, he was struck on the head by a piece of slate which fell from the waggon as it was being hoisted to the "blondin" or aerial tramway | ||||||
Casson, John, 27 Nov 1901, aged 25, Quarryman, Deceased was turning off a new working when a huge mass of rock fell from the side and buried him. No one suspected any danger from the quarry side, as it had been in the same condition for quite a dozen years. Several other men had narrow escapes, but fortunately no one else was seriously injured [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Jackson, William, 28 Feb 1896, aged 40, Quarryman, Deceased was working down some ground with a light crow-bar, standing for the purpose on a projecting ledge of rock, about 16 inches square. The bar slipped and he fell head foremost to the bottom of the quarry, a distance of 21 ft. A chain was hanging over the quarry face, within a yard of deceased, which he ought to have used [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
| 3 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hodge Close (Slate)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hodge Close (Slate)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 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
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1922 List of Quarries - 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
- 1934 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
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