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Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Bigrigg 4 miles [6 km] SSE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89) NX997126, 54° 29' 55" N, 3° 32' 56" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1914 |
| Owners: | 1880's - Maryport Hematite Iron & Steel Co. |
| 1890's - Pallaflat Iron Ore Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Iron Ore. |
| 1890 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Pallaflat (Iron Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1896 - 100 (86 below, 14 surface) |
| 1902 - 75 (62 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1914 - 52 (38 below, 14 surface) [Abandoned 1914] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pallaflat (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1914 - 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!
Ewing, John James, 04 Dec 1907, aged 24, Miner [More information ...] | ||||||
Gorley, Joseph, 01 Sep 1885, aged 23, Labourer, tarring pit head shed, and on moving the ladder on which he was working he fell to the ground | ||||||
Little, William, 15 Jul 1905, (accident: 24 Jun 1905), aged 65, Wagon picker [More information ...] | ||||||
Menhenet, James, 19 Nov 1886, aged 54, Miner, fall of ore; the deceased was engaged in taking a slice off a pillar of ore, and had 8 feet of ore in the roof next to the sandstone; this ore being of a crumbling nature made a rush, and reeled all the timber out, burying the deceased | ||||||
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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 Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090)
- 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
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 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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