Berrier (Iron Ore)
| Location: |
Cleator Moor
3½ miles [5 km] SE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NY016152, 54° 31' 21" N, 3° 31' 11" W |
| Opened: |
1911 |
| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1910s - Berrier Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1915 - Iron ore (red hematite). |
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 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Berrier (Iron Ore) |
| Employment: |
1915 - 58 (40 below, 18 surface) |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Berrier (Iron Ore) |
| Notes: |
1920 - Abandoned |
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!
| | |  | | | | Rowe, John, 13 Jul 1912, (accident: 18 Jun 1912), aged 43, Miner, a loaded bogie was being hauled up a short incline by means of a windlass, when the cogwheel on the second shaft slipped out of gear; the bogie ran amain and struck Rowe, who at the time was walking out towards the incline foot |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Berrier (Iron Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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