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Old Gang (Lead Ore)
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| Location: | Swaledale 14 miles [22 km] W of Richmond |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 91, 92, OL30) NY952014, 54° 24' 28" N, 2° 4' 26" W |
| Maps: |  1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Old Gang Mining Co. Ltd. |
| 1890's - Old Gang Lead Mining Co. Ltd. | |
| 1950's - Swaledale Mines Ltd. | |
| 1980's - Messrs. Shvols and Shevols | |
| Output: | 1882 - Lead Ore. |
| 1884 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1888 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1890 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1896 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1902 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1914 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1925 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1927 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1950 - Barytes. | |
| 1984 - Barytes. | |
| Detailed Mineral Statistics for Old Gang (Lead Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1896 - 43 (32 below, 11 surface) |
| 1902 - 17 (14 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1914 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1925 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) [Prospecting] | |
| 1927 - 0 [Not worked in 1927] | |
| 1950 - 6 | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Old Gang (Lead Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1888 - 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!
Alton, James, 09 May 1878, aged 31, Miner, fall of roof and debris by the timber giving way | ||||||
 | Alton, Joseph, 28 Jan 1886, aged 36 | |||||
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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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
and are marked with , further details
may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at
ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
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 Old Gang (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Old Gang (Lead Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
- 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
- 1914 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
- 1950 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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