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  Rosedale, West (Ironstone)  Index  Rosedale, West (Ironstone)  

Rosedale, West (Ironstone)

(See also Rosedale (Ironstone))


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Rosedale Abbey
20 miles [32 km] SE of Middlesbrough
Map Ref: (Sheet 94, OL26) SE698962
Opened: 1857
Closed: 1911
Owners: 1870's - Rosedale & Ferry Hill Iron Co.
1880's - West Rosedale Ironstone Co. Ltd.
1880's - Carlton Iron Co. Ltd.
1910's - Carlton Iron Co. Ltd.
Output: 1873 - Ironstone.
1882 - Ironstone.
1884 - Ironstone.
1888 - Ironstone.
1890 - Ironstone.
1896 - Ironstone.
1902 - Ironstone.
Employment: 1884 - 0 [Standing]
1896 - 121 (110 below, 11 surface)
1902 - 81 (72 below, 9 surface)
  Colliery Management (prior to 1958)
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rosedale, West (Ironstone)
Notes:

1885 - Abandoned

1912 - Abandoned

  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Rosedale, West (Ironstone)


  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

      

Huddlestone, William, 20 Nov 1883, aged 29, Miner, fall of stone from roof, both legs and back broken

      

Kay, George, 19 Oct 1904, (accident: 10 Oct 1904), aged 64, Miner, while drilling a hole a piece of stone fell from face causing slight injury to head and leg, gangrene set in and he died on the 19th inst.

      

Mason, John, 23 Aug 1875, aged 31, Miner, fall of ironstone

      

Parker, William, 12 Jun 1900, aged 59, Miner, He was in a stooping position when a large piece of dogger, about 8 inches thick. fell from the roof and hit him at back of head and killed him.

 
  4 names found

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.


  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rosedale, West (Ironstone)

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rosedale, West (Ironstone)


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1873-4 List of Mines
  • 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
  • 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
  • 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a 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
  • 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Related Links:

On this site
 Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857)
External sites
 Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs

Further Reading:

  • Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
  • The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
  • Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
  • The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
  • Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
  • Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs

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