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Rosegill Colliery |
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Rosegill Colliery |
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Rosegill Colliery
| Location: |
Crosby
14 miles [22 km] NNE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NY084379, 54° 43' 40" N, 3° 25' 20" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
29 May 1897 |
| Owners: |
1890's - Lonsdale Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Coal. Fireclay. |
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1888 - Coal. |
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1890 - Coal. |
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1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 269 (219 below, 50 surface) [Closing] |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rosegill Colliery |
| Notes: |
1897, 29 May - Ten Quarter, Rattler, Thirty Inch, Metal Band, Yard Band, Little Main, No. 1 and No. 2 seams abandoned - Not profitable |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Bland, Caleb, 21 Sep 1896, aged 24, Hewer, He was caught by a fall of stone when filling a tub. He should have had another plank set, considering the nature of the roof at this place, otherwise the place was well timbered [Inspection made] |
| | | | | | | McDowell, W., 28 Jun 1877, killed by a fall of roof |
| | | | | | | Mudge, William, 12 Jul 1888, aged 33, Hewer, fall of roof in a place newly timbered; soft, short roof fell between planks and suffocated the deceased |
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3 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rosegill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rosegill Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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