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Moss Rigg (Slate)
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| Location: | Tilberthwaite, Coniston 23½ miles [37 km] ESE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 90, OL06, OL07) NY314025, 54° 24' 47" N, 3° 3' 26" W |
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| Owners: | 1900's - James Stephenson & Co. |
| 1910's - Tilberthwaite Green Slate Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920's - Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd. | |
| 1980's - Burlington Slate Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1902 - Slate. |
| 1908 - Slate. | |
| 1914 - Slate. | |
| 1927 - Slate. | |
| 1984 - Slate. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Moss Rigg (Slate) |
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| Employment: | 1902 - 4 |
| 1908 - 2 | |
| 1914 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1927 - 0 [Not worked in 1927] | |
| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Moss Rigg (Slate) |
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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!
Birkett, Joseph John, 04 Nov 1912, aged 30, Miner, he had just commenced boring a hole in the roof, and for this purpose was standing on a ladder 42 feet long; the ladder either broke or was in some other way displaced, and he fell to the floor | ||||||
Hogan, Daniel, 24 Feb 1898, aged 36, Quarryman, He had conveyed a 50 lb. cask of gunpowder from the magazine to a smaller store, where he purposed filling several powder bottles. He had only been in the building a few minutes when an explosion occurred. It is impossible to say what caused the accident. He had been observed attempting to open the cask in a way likely to provoke an explosion ; but circumstantial evidence tended to demonstrate that the barrel had been safely opened prior to the explosion. He was a trusted workman, and in the absence of the foreman was authorized to open powder casks [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Rigg, John, 09 Apr 1906, aged 23, Quarryman, staging collapsed [More information ...] | ||||||
Shaw, John, 28 Aug 1893, aged 50, Quarryman, died suddenly in the quarry from heart disease | ||||||
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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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Moss Rigg (Slate)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Moss Rigg (Slate)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- 1914 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
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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