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Burtree Pasture (Lead Ore)

Location:	Cowshill, Weardale 9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY859410, 54° 45' 51" N, 2° 13' 8" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Level Head Engine Shaft, locn: (Sheet 87) NY860417
	Shaft details for Level Head Engine Shaft
Owners:	1880s - W. B. Beaumont
	1880s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead Ore.
	1884 - Lead Ore.
	1888 - Lead Ore.
	1890 - Lead Ore.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	1900 - Lead Ore.
	1979 - Fluorspar, Galena.
	1980 - Fluorspar, Galena.
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	1900 - 0 [Standing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Burtree Pasture (Lead 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!

						Rutherford, Thomas, 24 Jun 1887, aged 45, Miner, died from natural causes whilst walking along the level to work

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Burtree Pasture (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Burtree Pasture (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks