Banks (Slate)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Banks (Slate)	Index	Banks (Slate)

Location:	Langdale
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - John Bowness
Output:	1882 - Slate.
	1883 - Slate.
	1884 - Slate.
	1888 - Slate.
	1890 - Slate.
	1894 - Green Slate.
	1896 - Green Slate.
	1896 - Slates.
	1897 - Slates.
	1900 - Green Slate.
	1902 - Green Slate.
	1905 - Green slate.
	1910 - Green slate.
	1915 - Green slate.
	1922 - Slate.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Banks (Slate)
Employment:	1883 - 8
	1894 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface)
	1896 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	1896 - 3
	1897 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	1900 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface)
	1902 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1905 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface)
	1910 - 8 (5 below, 3 surface)
	1915 - 0 [Not worked]
	1922 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)

None Found

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Bowness, John, 04 Jul 1905, (accident: 27 Jun 1905), aged 53, Miner, fall of stone - arm broken - died July 4th [More information ...]

Gregg, Thomas, 05 Jan 1885, aged 35, Miner, a piece of loose stone fell and knocked him from a ladder, when his head struck against some rock

2 names found

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) 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
1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
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
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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