Eston (Ironstone)

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents

A miner's leg was injured by a stone projected by a powder shot.

Source: 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

A miner lighted a squib to fire a powder shot, and after waiting some time he returned to it, and was in the act of putting the pricker into the hole again when the charge exploded and slightly injured his face and hands.

Source: 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

A miner had retired to a place of safety when firing a powder shot, and hearing one explode returned, thinking it was his, but it had been another, and when he was three yards from the face, his shot exploded and some stone hit him on his hip and ankle.

Source: 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

A miner, in firing a powder-shot, lighted the squib instead of the match, and the shot exploded at once, and injured him about head and body.

Source: 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian