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Jeffries (Lead Ore)
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| Location: | Blanchland 10½ miles [17 km] S of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY960478, 54° 49' 31" N, 2° 3' 44" W |
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| Pits: | Presser Engine Shaft |
 Shaft details for Presser Engine Shaft |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Derwent Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1882 - Lead Ore. |
| 1979 - Fluorspar. | |
| 1980 - Fluorspar. | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Jeffries (Lead Ore) |
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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!
Elliott, Robert, 20 Aug 1878, aged 24, Miner, fall of a stull while working at the back of a level | ||||||
Morpeth, Thomas, 17 Mar 1864, aged 64, Mine Agent, crushed by a waggon | ||||||
White, John, 13 Sep 1883, aged 40, Timber Man, shaft timbering gave way while he was standing on it, and he fell down the shaft, a distance of 60 yards [More information ...] | ||||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Jeffries (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Jeffries (Lead Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- Contributions by members of the Public
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