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Syke House (Iron Ore) |
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Syke House (Iron Ore) |
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Syke House (Iron Ore)
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Bigrigg
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| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
15 May 1905 |
| Owners: |
1890's - S. & J. Lindow |
| Output: |
1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). |
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1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). |
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 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Syke House (Iron Ore) |
| Employment: |
1896 - 40 (35 below, 5 surface) |
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1902 - 22 (16 below, 6 surface) |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Syke House (Iron Ore) |
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!
| | | | | | | Earl, William, 23 Oct 1897, aged 55, Miner, Deceased was working amongst loose lumps of ore and stone in a large open place with a strong sandstone roof, and the upper part of one of the lumps at which he was working suddenly slipped off from a parting not previously visible, and rolling down struck Earl in passing [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.
Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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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