Cliff Rigg Quarry (Whinstone)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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	Cliff Rigg Quarry (Whinstone)	Index	Cliff Rigg Quarry (Whinstone)

Location:	Great Ayton 8 miles [13 km] SE of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ575115, 54° 29' 44" N, 1° 6' 44" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - William Winn
	1910s - Gribdale Mining Co. Ltd.
	1910s - William Winn
Output:	1882 - Whinstone.
	1884 - Whinstone.
	1888 - Whinstone.
	1890 - Whinstone.
	1894 - Whinstone.
	1896 - Whinstone.
	1900 - Whinstone.
	1902 - Whinstone.
	1905 - Whinstone.
	1910 - Whinstone.
	1915 - Whinstone.
	1921 - Whinstone.
	1922 - Gravel, Sand.
	1923 - Whinstone.
	1924 - Whinstone.
	1925 - Whinstone.
	1927 - Whinstone.
Employment:	1894 - 30 (20 below, 10 surface)
	1896 - 33 (21 below, 12 surface)
	1900 - 41 (29 below, 12 surface)
	1902 - 36 (24 below, 12 surface)
	1905 - 40 (28 below, 12 surface)
	1910 - 45 (24 below, 21 surface)
	1915 - 13 (6 below, 7 surface)
	1921 - 0 [Not worked]
	1922 - 3
	1923 - 3
	1925 - 3
	1927 - 0 [Not worked in 1927]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

None Found

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Pearson, David, 14 Nov 1894, 3:30 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 45, Miner, A heavy hall of whinstone from the roof of the mine [More information ...]

Watson, William, 14 Nov 1894, 3:30 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 38, Miner, A heavy hall of whinstone from the roof of the mine [More information ...]

Wilkinson, Thomas, 03 Apr 1904, (accident: 19 Mar 1904), Miner, Had two or three ribs broken by fall of stone and died on 3rd April. Another man (Haswell) also injured, but was able to walk home

3 names found

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
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 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
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks