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Lords (Slate) |
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Lords (Slate) |
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Lords (Slate)
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Elterwater
23½ miles [37 km] ESE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 90, OL06, OL07) NY323048, 54° 26' 3" N, 3° 2' 34" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1880's - Elterwater Green Slate Co. Ltd. |
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1930's - Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Slate. |
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1884 - Slate. |
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1888 - Slate. |
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1890 - Slate. |
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1896 - Green Slate. |
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1902 - Green Slate. |
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1914 - Green Slate. |
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1929 - Slate. |
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1930 - Slate. |
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1934 - Slate. |
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1950 - Slate. |
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 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Lords (Slate) |
| Employment: |
1896 - 46 (20 below, 26 surface) |
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1902 - 35 (15 below, 20 surface) |
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1914 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1929 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) |
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1930 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface) |
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1934 - 20 (7 below, 13 surface) |
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!
| | | | | | | Greenhow, Thomas, 19 Aug 1904, (accident: 16 Aug 1904), aged 23, Labourer, A mass of rock fell from a back or slip on to these men, who were working below. Greenhow was killed on the spot. Hewitson sustained a serious cut on the leg and died on the 19th. A third man got a broken rib and flesh wound |
| | | | | | | Hewitson, James, 16 Aug 1904, aged 40, Quarryman, A mass of rock fell from a back or slip on to these men, who were working below. Greenhow was killed on the spot. Hewitson sustained a serious cut on the leg and died on the 19th. A third man got a broken rib and flesh wound |
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2 names found |
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
- 1914 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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