	Barrowmouth (Gypsum)	Index	Barrowmouth (Gypsum)

Barrowmouth (Gypsum)

Location:	Whitehaven 2 miles [3 km] SSW of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NX957157, 54° 31' 33" N, 3° 36' 42" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - Joseph Robinson & Co. Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Gypsum.
	1896 - Gypsum.
	1900 - Gypsum.
	1902 - Gypsum.
	1905 - Gypsum.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Barrowmouth (Gypsum)
Employment:	1894 - 4
	1896 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface)
	1900 - 7 (5 below, 2 surface)
	1902 - 8
	1905 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Barrowmouth (Gypsum)

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!

						Thomlinson, J. R., 18 Sep 1900, (accident: 13 Sep 1900), aged 30, Mine Manger, Deceased was attempting to get on a loaded bogie as it was slowly moving up the inclined engine plane, when he slipped and the bogie passed over him, inflicting injuries from which he died five days later. The workmen had been accustomed to riding instead of walking up the incline — a distance of 300 yards — but the practice has now been wisely prohibited. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barrowmouth (Gypsum)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barrowmouth (Gypsum)

Credits

Sources:

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
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department