Yarlside (Iron Ore)

Location:

Dalton-in-Furness

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1880's - Yarlside Mining Co.

1920's - Barrow Hematite Steel Co. Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Iron Ore.

1888 - Iron Ore.

1890 - Iron Ore.

1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Limestone, Sand.

1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Limestone, Moulding sand.

1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Limestone, Moulding sand.

1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Limestone, Moulding sand.

1927 - Moudling Sand.

1929 - Moudling Sand.

1930 - Moudling Sand.

1934 - Moudling Sand.

1945 - Iron Ore, Moulding Sand.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1914	Not worked
1921	162	126	36
1923	59	46	13
1924	12	6	6
1925	5	2	3
1927	6	4	2
1929	5	3	2
1930	5	4	1
1934	12	9	3
1945	8	4	4

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!

						Benjamin, Evans, 21 Mar 1885, (accident: 13 Mar 1885), aged 54, Miner, piece of timber fell against him and knocked him down an incline
						Davis, Benjamin, 06 May 1881, aged 36, Labourer, crab winch rope slipped
						Jones, William, 06 Jan 1885, aged 55, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Richards, William, 29 Nov 1880, aged 20, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Ryan, John, 30 Jul 1885, aged 60, Miner, piece of stone from the forebreast which he had been trying to bring down, fell against him, fracturing his spine
						Wallwork, George L., 09 Feb 1884, aged 54, Overman, overwinding of cage

						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)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.

Credits

Sources:

1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903)
1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
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.
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.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.



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