Lonsdale (Iron Ore)

Location:

Yeathouse

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

1924

Owners:

1880's - S. & J. Lindow

1880's - Lonsdale Mining Co. Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Iron Ore.

1888 - Iron Ore.

1890 - Iron Ore.

1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1921 - No. 5 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1921 - No. 6 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - No. 5 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - No. 6 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1924 - No. 5 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1924 - No. 6 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Lonsdale (Iron Ore)

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1896		60	46	14
1902		118	98	20
1914		151	117	34
1921	No. 5	7		7
1921	No. 5	Suspended
1921	No. 6	Not worked
	Total	7
1923	No. 5	3		3
1923	No. 5	Suspended in 1920
1923	No. 6	Not worked
	Total	3
1924	No. 5	Abandoned
1924	No. 6	3		3
1924	No. 6	Abandoned
	Total	3

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lonsdale (Iron Ore)

Notes:

1908 - Abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Lonsdale (Iron Ore)

Description

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!

						Clegg, John, 07 Feb 1913, aged 28, Labourer, this place had recently been retimbered with the strongest larch obtainable ; a pack of old wood 3 feet thick, being built above the new larch; between this pack and the roof there was a cavity of 12 feet, and a mass of ore fell down from the side near the roof and crashed through the timber; Clegg was a trailer, working at this point ; Lightfoot, was passing at the time; if a wooden pillar had been built from the packing to the roof the accident would in all probability have been prevented, but both officials and workmen thought the place had been made secure [More information ...]
						Crellin, Edward, 25 Jun 1905, (accident: 30 Oct 1903), aged 54, Miner, An old ladder about 16 feet long had been placed temporarily in a travelling way through a holing, which had just been completed, into an adjoining working, and while deceased was descending it for the first time he slipped and fell, probably from a point where a rung was missing, and was injured. He never resumed work and received full compensation up to the time of his death, although a medical certificate had been obtained that he was fit for light work. He was able to attend to a public house he kept and was twice in the Isle of Man on business after the accident. No inquest was held, the doctor having certified that death was due to natural causes
						Hocking, John, 28 Sep 1907, aged 35, Miner [More information ...]
						Hopkins, Michael, 02 Nov 1906, aged 19, Miner's Labourer [More information ...]
						Irving, John, 28 Sep 1907, aged 36, Miner [More information ...]
						Lightfoot, James, 07 Feb 1913, aged 28, Labourer, this place had recently been retimbered with the strongest larch obtainable ; a pack of old wood 3 feet thick, being built above the new larch; between this pack and the roof there was a cavity of 12 feet, and a mass of ore fell down from the side near the roof and crashed through the timber; Clegg was a trailer, working at this point ; Lightfoot, was passing at the time; if a wooden pillar had been built from the packing to the roof the accident would in all probability have been prevented, but both officials and workmen thought the place had been made secure [More information ...]

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
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



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