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Bollyhope Burn (Lead Ore)
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| Location: | Weardale 13½ miles [22 km] S of Hexham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY937425, 54° 46' 38" N, 2° 5' 53" W |
| Maps: |  1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales |
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| Owners: | 1880s - London Lead Co. |
| 1900s - Ecclesisatical Commissioners | |
| 1980s - J. J. Maddison | |
| 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. | |
| 1902 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1984 - Fluorspar. | |
| Detailed Mineral Statistics for Bollyhope Burn (Lead Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1894 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1896 - 1 | |
| 1900 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1902 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1905 - 0 [Dismantled] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Bollyhope Burn (Lead Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1908 - This mine was formerly worked by the London Lead Co., but is now dismantled and in the hands of the Lessors - The Ecclesisatical Commissioners. |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Maddison, John, 18 May 1881, (accident: 19 May 1881), aged 39, Miner, explosion of a charge of dynamite, he went back before a second shot had exploded (separate holes) [More information ...] | |||||
| Murray, Adam, 27 Apr 1877, aged 18, Miner, died from the effects of inhaling noxious gas given off after firing a charge of dynamite while blasting rock in a lead mine, he died about 54 hours later | |||||
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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.
Those names marked with ,
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also include a photograph of the deceased.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bollyhope Burn (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bollyhope Burn (Lead Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- 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
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