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Spa (Ironstone)
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| Location: | Guisbrough 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Middlesbrough |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 94, OL26) NZ639158, 54° 32' 0" N, 1° 0' 45" W |
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| Owners: | 1890's - Gjers, Mills & Co. |
| Output: | 1873 - Ironstone. |
| 1882 - Ironstone. | |
| 1884 - Ironstone. | |
| 1888 - Ironstone. | |
| 1890 - Ironstone. | |
| 1896 - Ironstone. | |
| 1902 - Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1890 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1896 - 70 (61 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1902 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Spa (Ironstone) |
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| Notes: | 1904 - Mineral exhausted |
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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!
Brown, Edward, 28 Aug 1876, aged 25, Labourer, killed by fall of earth while getting ironstone by opencast at crop | ||||||
Croft, Thomas, 30 Oct 1882, aged 35, Miner, fall of a piece of top dogger while baring out a piece of ironstone | ||||||
Edwards, Robert, 10 Jan 1890, aged 37, Miner, a piece of stone fell, knocking out a prop, which struck him on the head | ||||||
Miller, Samuel, 14 Jul 1881, aged 33, Miner, while barrings down stone it drew a prop which struck his head | ||||||
Newall, Charles, 27 Apr 1876, (accident: 16 Mar 1876), aged 30, Miner, severe injury to foot while baring down stone | ||||||
White, Joseph, 07 Jun 1883, aged 27, Miner, fall of ironstone from face of bord while he was filling a tub of stone near to it | ||||||
| 6 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Spa (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Spa (Ironstone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
- 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.
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
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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:
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, 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
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
Further Research:
Research Notes for Spa (Ironstone)
