	Beckermet (Iron Ore)	Index	Beckermet (Iron Ore)

Beckermet (Iron Ore)

Location:	Beckermet 7 miles [11 km] SSE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY025087, 54° 27' 51" N, 3° 30' 16" W
Opened:
Closed:
Output:	1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1950 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1979 - Iron Ore.
	1980 - Iron Ore.
Employment:	1905 - 53 (27 below, 26 surface) [Sinking]
	1950 - 272 (162 below, 110 surface)

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!

						Bailiff, James, 03 Jul 1953, aged 58, Overman, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Carty, William, 24 Jul 1923, aged 65
						Cromwell, George, 03 Jul 1953, aged 57, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Cunningham, George Wilson, 03 Jul 1953, aged 33, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						Desolo, Simplicio, 03 Jul 1953, aged 35, killed by a fall of roof, Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery [More information ...]
						Doran, Edward, 14 Feb 1947, aged 40, Buried: Egremont Cemetery
						Gregg, -, 1937, silicosis? [date unknown]
						Matthews, Joseph, 19 Sep 1944, (accident: Oct 1939), aged 65, Miner, cause of death was a fracture of the spine and toxaemia
						Nicholson, Horace, 22 Oct 1950, aged 51, Miner, he was drilling a hole preparatory to blasting when the roof collapsed, he was struck by a large lump of metal and died within a few seconds from multiple injuries, address: Brisco Mount, Egremont
						Nicholson, John Porter, 23 Mar 1905, aged 30, Sinker [More information ...]
						Perencin, Alfredo, 14 Oct 1976
						Rapacioli, Antonio, 30 Apr 1958, aged 25, killed in a shot firing accident, Buried: Egremont Cemetery
						Satterthwaite, Braithwaite, 25 Oct 1938, (accident: 99), aged 62, killed by a fall of stone
						Trevaskis, William Gibson, 24 Jan 1958, aged 58, Iron Ore Miner, killed by a fall of rock, address: 92 High Dyke Frizington
						Vigar, Daniel, 28 Jul 1928, aged 22, Miners' Labourer, killed by a fall of roof, address: 19, Sunnyside, Castle Croft, Egremont
						Wilson, Matthew, 17 Dec 1906, aged 56, Joiner, fell down shaft [More information ...]

						16 names found

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 , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Beckermet (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Beckermet (Iron Ore)

Gallery Images:

Typical working place showing extent to which the pillars supporting the "middling" are robbed before being shot out

Recovering the broken down "middling" by spilling

View of mist projector used for dust settling

Steel arch supported roadway and haulage gear at Beckermet

Inside the transformer and rectifier station on the trolley locomotive system

A section point consisting of two dumbell-type section insulators with a switched neutral runner between

The north end of the trolley-locomotive system near the shaft bottom, showing the double road for the marshalling area

A welded-type rail bond at a track joint

The south (inbye) end of the trolley system, showing the crossover equipment with spring-back trail frogs and porcelain insulated supports

The trolley-line termination and the illuminated danger notice at the north end of the trolley-locomotive system

A development heading being drilled off with a Holman SL-200 air-leg mounted machine

Illustrates the girder set and corrugated sheeting used for support when driving through broken ground

An Eimco model 21 rocker shovel, adapted for dip working, shown at work on a 1 in 4 grade development heading

The Eimco 621 track-mounted rocker shovel in operation

The main underground pumping station at Beckermet No. 1 shaft showing three of the four sets which are capable of handling 3,800 gallons per minute

Two full tubs, each holding 20 cwt. of ore, are shown at No. 1 shaft bottom prior to cage hoisting

One of the Simplex Motor Rail 28 h.p. diesel locomotives used for shunting duties in the vicinity of No. 1 shaft bottom

View of the main trolley haulage road showing the 8-ton 80 h.p. Goodman locomotive employed

One of the B.E.V. battery locomotives used to transport ore from remote mining areas and to feed the trolley locomotive haulage

At the No. 1 shaft end of the conveyor bringing ore from the No. 2 shaft mining area, a train of tubs is shown being loaded prior to being taken to the shaft for cage hoisting

Pit head arrangements at Haile Moor shaft, with the empties side shown in the foreground

The aerial ropeway hoppers for loading to rail at No. 1 shaft

Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1950 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
Headstone(s) in Egremont Cemetery
Headstone(s) in Whitehaven Cemetery
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
The Times Newspaper

Pictures:

Picture from Colliery Engineering