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Red Vein (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Weardale 15 miles [24 km] SSE of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY988407, 54° 45' 40" N, 2° 1' 5" W |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1882 - Iron Ore. |
| 1884 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1888 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1890 - Iron Ore. | |
| Employment: | 1888 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Red Vein (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1894, Apr - Unprofitable to work, the ore being unsuitable for steel making |
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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!
Bell, Robert, 20 Mar 1880, aged 38, Miner, fall of side stone from back | ||||||
Fairless, Ralph, 15 Sep 1882, aged 38, Miner, fall of ironstone from roof striking his head | ||||||
 | Golightly, Thomas, 08 Sep 1874, aged 61 | |||||
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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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
and are marked with , further details
may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at
ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Red Vein (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Red Vein (Iron Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
- 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.
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