Middlehope (Iron Ore)

Location:	Weardale 12½ miles [20 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY904401, 54° 45' 20" N, 2° 8' 57" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890's - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd.
Output:	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1896 - Iron Ore.
Employment:	1888 - 0 [Standing]
	1890 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Middlehope (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1894, Apr - Unprofitable to work, the ore being unsuitable for steel making

Description

None found.

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Fairless, Thomas, 06 Jun 1889, aged 57, Miner, whilst he was being taken along the level in a tub his head came in contact with the roof and his neck was dislocated

						1 name 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.

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middlehope (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Middlehope (Iron Ore)

1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015)
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



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