	Original Elterwater (Slate)	Index	Original Elterwater (Slate)

Original Elterwater (Slate)

Location:	Elterwater 23½ miles [37 km] ESE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 90, OL06, OL07) NY323048, 54° 26' 3" N, 3° 2' 34" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890's - Buttermere Slate Co. Ltd.
	1900's - Buttermere Green Slate Co. Ltd.
Output:	1902 - Green Slate.
	1914 - Green Slate.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Original Elterwater (Slate)
Employment:	1896 - 39 (16 below, 23 surface)
	1902 - 62 (36 below, 26 surface)
	1914 - 2
Notes:	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Original Elterwater (Slate)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Original Elterwater (Slate)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Original Elterwater (Slate)

Credits

Sources:

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

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