Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore)
| Location: |
Alston
4 miles [7 km] ESE of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87) NY783451, 54° 48' 2" N, 2° 20' 12" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Aug 1937 |
| Pits: |
 Shaft details for Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore) |
| Owners: |
1880s - Brownley Hill Mining Co. |
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1930s - Vieille Montagne Zinc Co. |
| Output: |
1882 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1883 - Lead ore and barytes. |
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1888 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1890 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1936 - Lead Ore. |
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1938 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
| Employment: |
1936 - 24 (16 below, 8 surface) [inc. Scraith Hole] |
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1938 - 0 [inc. Scraith Hole, closed 8/37] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore) |
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!
| | |  | | | | Dryden, Barron, 18 Sep 1902, aged 41, Lead Miner, died from a heart attack whilst travelling to work in the mine; left a wife and 4 young children |
| | | | |  | | Thompson, Daniel, 17 Nov 1868, aged 28, he was in the act of charging a hole with powder when an explosion occurred, and he was killed instantly |
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2 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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