Upsal (Ironstone)

Location:

Middlesbrough
6½ miles [10 km] ESE of Middlesbrough

Map Ref:

(Sheet 93, OL26) NZ573173, 54° 32' 51" N, 1° 6' 51" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1910's - Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Ironstone.

1888 - Ironstone.

1890 - Ironstone.

1896 - Ironstone.

1902 - Ironstone.

1914 - Ironstone.

1921 - Ironstone.

1923 - Ironstone.

1924 - Ironstone.

1925 - Ironstone.

1927 - Ironstone.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1882	Standing
1896	1,223	992	231
1896	Eston, Chaloner, Upsal & Wilton combined
1902	1,015	808	207
1902	Eston, Chaloner, Upsal & Wilton combined
1914	960	751	209
1914	Eston, Chaloner, Upsal & Wilton combined
1921	657	466	191
1921	Eston, Chaloner, Upsal & Wilton combined
1924	inc. in Eston
1925	inc. in Eston
1927	Persons employed inc. in Eston

Colliery Management (prior to 1958)

Description

The Eston Mines comprise Upsall and Chaloner Pits, both of which are worked by adits; but there are two shafts, 556 ft. deep, at Upsall, one of which is upcast and the other used for pumping and winding men. Upsall pit was opened in 1851, and was the first mine to be worked in Cleveland on an extensive scale. There are two three-stage turbine pumps at the pit bottom, each capable of delivering 1,000 galls. per min. against a head of 300 ft., the rising main being 14 in. dia., the water being delivered to a water level-drift 320 ft. from the surface.

The fan is a double-inlet "Sirocco" of a capacity of 130,000 cub. ft. per min. and is driven by a 100-h.p. motor. An electrically-driven geared winder is used for winding men, the drive being a 100h.p. motor. The main haulage plant at Upsall consists of two 300-h.p. electrically-driven haulage gears, one being installed at the pit bottom and the other being installed at the drift mouth a mile from the shaft.

Iron & Coal Trades Review 1937

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!

						Bailey, Frederick, 10 Sep 1873, aged 19, Driver, crushed by tubs, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 02 Oct 1873 {NBI}
						Beck, John Joseph, 08 Jul 1912, aged 31, Miner, his mate was engaged in barring down a large stone from the top of the face of a jud nearly 14 feet high, and deceased was showing a light fastened to the end of a long pole; the stone came away and knocked a prop out, the end of which struck deceased on the head as he was endeavouring to get clear; the unfortunate man died in hospital a few hours later without regaining consciousness
						Brown, Robert, 21 Jul 1876, aged 37, Stoneman, while he was being drawn up a staple I which he was working, a balance weight was allowed to fall on him, about 40 feet
						Chambers, Levi, 25 Jun 1875, aged 40, Miner, crushed by tubs, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 28 Jun 1875 {NBI}
						Fowler, James W., 07 Feb 1912, aged 31, Miner, he was filling away stone which had burst off the side by pressure, by permission of the deputy, when a large piece fell away from the upper part of the seam on to him; he was severely injured and died in Eston Hospital shortly after admission
						Tripp, Charles, 05 Jan 1877, aged 18, Driver, kicked in stomach by a horse near stables

						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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Upsal (Ironstone)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Upsal (Ironstone)

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1056)
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2003)
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
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, 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
National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
Profile of Dorman, Long ∓ Co. Ltd. printed in The Iron & Coal Trades Review in 1937



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