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Rookhope (Lead Ore) |
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Rookhope (Lead Ore) |
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Rookhope (Lead Ore)
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Weardale
13 miles [21 km] E of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87) NY925429, 54° 46' 51" N, 2° 7' 0" W |
| Maps: |
 1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Owners: |
1880's - W. B. Beaumont |
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1880's - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1882 - Lead Ore. |
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1884 - Lead Ore. |
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1888 - Lead Ore. |
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1890 - Lead Ore. |
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1896 - Lead Ore. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 0 [Standing] |
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Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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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!
| | | | | | | Parker, John, 11 Oct 1887, aged 29, Smelter, while engaged cleaning out a long flue at a smelt mill, a rush of water was sent in from the top which washed him down to the bottom, causing his death |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rookhope (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rookhope (Lead Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450)
- 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
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