Kilton (Ironstone)

Location:

Brotton
14 miles [22 km] E of Middlesbrough

Map Ref:

(Sheet 94, OL26) NZ695169

Opened:

Closed:

02 Feb 1963

Owners:

1880's - Kilton Ironstone Co.

1890's - Walker, Maynard & Co.

1920's - Bell Brothers Ltd.

1923, Apr - Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.

Output:

1873 - Ironstone.

1882 - Ironstone.

1884 - Ironstone.

1888 - Ironstone.

1890 - Ironstone.

1896 - Ironstone.

1902 - Ironstone.

1914 - Ironstone.

1921 - Ironstone.

1930 - Ironstone.

1945 - Ironstone.

1950 - Ironstone.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1882	Standing
1884	Standing
1888	Standing
1890	Standing
1896	70	13	57
1902	202	141	61
1914	302	222	80
1921	327	223	104
1930	100	64	36
1930	Standing
1945	185	144	41
1950	169	113	56

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1950 - Cleveland Main

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Kilton (Ironstone)

Description

Kilton Mine is at present idle, but a new all-steel heapstead and equipment similar to that at South Skelton is being installed by Dorman, Long & Company. The ironstone-cleaning belt is 200 ft. long by 12 ft. wide and is fed by a friction-driven tippler. There are two shafts, 700 ft. deep. The electric winder is driven by a motor of 370 b.h.p.; the drum is bi-cylindro-conical, 15 ft. and 10 ft. 9 in. dia. by 9 ft. 6 in. wide. A Lilley duplex overwinder is fitted and a Weir-type liquid control.

The underground haulage is on the main-and-tail system, there being two haulages of 300 and 100 h.p. respectively. The pumps consist of two six-stage high lift turbine pumps, each of 1,000 galls. per min. capacity against a head of 740 ft.; they are direct-coupled to 340-h.p. motors and run at 1,450 r.p.m.

The fan is a 98-in. dia. Single-inlet "Sirocco" with a normal capacity of 70,000 cub. ft. per min. It is driven through laminated belt by a 50/7½-h.p. squirrel-cage two-speed pole-changing motor.

Iron & Coal Trades Review 1937

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!

						Blewitt, Benjamin, 12 Jan 1875, aged 20, Sinker, fell out of a kibble, which caught a bunton in the shaft
						Chapman, Norman, 1940, Deputy, killed by an explosion while investigating a gas build up [approximate date]
						Clarrid, William, Apr 1875, aged 24
						Dyer, David, 23 Dec 1873, aged 32, Sinker, fell out of kibble [More information ...]
						Fawbert, George, 13 Jan 1913, aged 17, Driver, deceased was waiting at the face of a bord while a miner filled a tub, when a fall of side and roof occurred, killing him instantly; after the fall a network of "backs" could be seen, which caused the fall; the timber was well set
						Handcock, William, 23 Dec 1873, aged 26, Sinker, fell out of kibble [More information ...]
						Hodgson, Keith, 09 Apr 1954, aged 27, Loaderman, killed by a fall of stone
						Johnson, Raymond, 03 May 1954, aged 40, Loaderman, gas explosion, address: Gladstone Street, Loftus [More information ...]
						Mackinder, John Francis, 29 Aug 1961, aged 39, killed by a fall of roof
						Paget, Joseph, 22 Feb 1898, aged 38, Sinker, he was riding up the pumping shaft in a loop, and when about 40 fathoms from the surface, he was precipitated on to the scaffold, about 81 fathoms from the surface; the spring hook came in contact with a permanent bunting, and was torn away and the loop was released [More information ...]
						Sharid, William, 05 Apr 1875, aged 35, Sinker, stone fell out of kibble on to him
						Welsh, Dennis, 29 Aug 1961, aged 35, killed by a fall of roof

						12 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

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kilton (Ironstone)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kilton (Ironstone)

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
1873-4 List of Mines
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
1884 List of Mines
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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.
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), 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.
1913 Mines Inspectors Report
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.
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.
Contributions by members of the Public
Profile of Dorman, Long ∓ Co. Ltd. printed in The Iron & Coal Trades Review in 1937

Further Research:

Research Notes for Kilton (Ironstone)



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