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  Side Head (Iron Ore)  Index  Side Head (Iron Ore)  

Side Head (Iron Ore)


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Weardale
12 miles [19 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref: (Sheet 91, 92, OL31) NY890388, 54° 44' 38" N, 2° 10' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1890's - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd.
1900's - Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd.
Output: 1882 - Iron Ore.
1884 - Iron Ore.
1888 - Iron Ore.
1890 - Iron Ore.
1896 - Iron Ore.
1902 - Iron Ore.
1914 - Fluorspar.
1921 - Iron Ore.
1923 - Iron Ore.
1924 - Iron Ore.
1925 - Iron Ore.
Employment: 1884 - 0 [Standing]
1888 - 0 [Standing]
1890 - 0 [Standing]
1896 - 0 [Standing]
1902 - 0 [Standing]
1914 - 0 [Not worked]
1921 - 0 [Not worked]
1923 - 0 [Not worked]
1924 - 0 [Standing]
1925 - 0 [Standing]
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)


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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

No names found.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Side Head (Iron Ore)

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Side Head (Iron Ore)


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 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
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a 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.

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