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Southam (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Egremont |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Dec 1900 |
| Owners: | 1880's - Southam Hematite Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1888 - Iron Ore. |
| 1890 - Iron Ore. | |
| 1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Southam (Iron Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1888 - 0 [Sinking] |
| 1890 - 0 [Sinking] | |
| 1896 - 43 (21 below, 22 surface) | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Southam (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1900 - Exhaustion of ore and want of capital for further development |
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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!
Burns, Philip, 07 Jul 1899, aged 40, Miner, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
Cullen, Patrick, 07 Jul 1899, aged 45, Miner, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
Nichol, Richard, 07 Jul 1899, aged 18, Miner's Labourer, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
Nulty, Dixon, 19 Dec 1894, 8:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Joiner, This accident was the result of a mistake on the part of the engineman, who, when he should have lowered the deceased, raised them until they were crushed against the crown-trees [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
Taylor, David, 07 Jul 1899, aged 19, Miner's Labourer, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilson, William, 19 Dec 1894, 8:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Labourer, This accident was the result of a mistake on the part of the engineman, who, when he should have lowered the deceased, raised them until they were crushed against the crown-trees [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...] | ||||||
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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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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