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  Longlands (Iron Ore)  Index  Longlands (Iron Ore)  

Longlands (Iron Ore)


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Cleator
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed: 1924
Owners: 1880's - S. & J. Lindow
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 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
    Detailed Mineral Statistics for Longlands (Iron Ore)
Employment: 1896 - 52 (38 below, 14 surface)
1902 - 54 (40 below, 14 surface)
1914 - 54 (40 below, 14 surface)
1921 - 39 (29 below, 10 surface)
1923 - 34 (22 below, 12 surface)
1924 - 31 (19 below, 12 surface) [Abandoned]
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Longlands (Iron Ore)


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

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!

      

Burns, John, 05 Feb 1894, aged 30, Labourer, was engaged filing up a hole, containing water, on the surface near to the Longlands Pit, Cleator, when he is supposed to have had a fit and fallen backwards into the water and been drowned

      

Greenhow, Joseph, 02 Aug 1888, aged 25, Trailer, fell down pit from eye; deceased was standing at No. 1 eye in No. 3 pit, looking down the shaft, when the descending cage struck his head, taking him over the guard rail down the pit

 
  2 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.


  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

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
  • 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667)
  • 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
  • 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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