Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore)

Location:

Bigrigg
3½ miles [6 km] SSE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY003136, 54° 30' 30" N, 3° 32' 24" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1890's - S. & J. Lindow

1920's - United Steel Cos. Ltd., (Bigrigg Mines Branch)

1920's - Bigrigg Mining Co. Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Iron Ore.

1888 - Iron Ore.

1890 - Iron Ore.

1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1924 - Iron Ore.

1925 - Iron Ore.

1927 - Iron Ore.

1929 - Iron Ore.

1930 - Iron Ore.

1934 - Iron Ore.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	21	15	6
1902	Standing
1914	134	113	21
1921	57	38	19
1923	200	159	41
1924	202	161	41
1925	204	164	40
1927	238	199	39
1929	306	258	48
1930	238	196	42
1934	185	145	40
1934	inc. Bigrigg

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

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!

						Southam, John William, 26 Sep 1906, aged 26, Miner, fell down shaft [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

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
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian



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