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Merrybent (Copper Ore)
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| Location: | Low Merrybent |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1928 |
| Owners: | 1910's - Merrybent Mining Co. |
| 1920's - Robert Wilson | |
| Output: | 1914 - Copper Ore. |
| 1921 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1923 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1924 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1925 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1927 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1929 - Copper Ore. | |
| 1930 - Copper Ore. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Merrybent (Copper Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1914 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface) |
| 1921 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1923 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1924 - 5 | |
| 1925 - 3 | |
| 1927 - 0 [Not worked since 1925] | |
| 1929 - 0 [Operations suspended -/28] | |
| 1930 - 0 [Abandoned] |
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Description
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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!
Archer, John Stephenson, 15 Oct 1909, aged 35, Engineman, fracture of Pelton wheel | ||||||
Burginer, Moritz, 24 Mar 1913, aged 54, Miner, deceased was engaged timbering at a fall on a heading, when the timber gave way and fell on to him, burying him beneath it and debris; deceased was dead when extricated | ||||||
Robinson, Joseph, 02 Jun 1879, aged 51, Miner, killed by a fall of stone from roof | ||||||
Shield, John, 04 May 1902, (accident: 03 May 1902), aged 40, Miner, deceased and two others raised the machine of a rock-drill in order to alter its position on the standard so as to drill another hole ; whilst in this position and uncramped it slipped down the standard, and, falling on a loose drill lying on the floor, caused it to spring up and strike deceased on the temple | ||||||
Whitfield, Joseph, 10 Aug 1912, aged 21, Miner, deceased apparently bored into a hole containing a charge of gelatine dynamite which had missed fire on the previous shift | ||||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604)
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 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
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1927 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
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