	Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)	Index	Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)

Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)

Location:	Weardale 18 miles [29 km] WSW of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NY998334, 54° 41' 44" N, 2° 0' 8" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Air Shaft, locn: (Sheet 92) NY999334
	Shaft details for Air Shaft
	Blackhill Hill, locn: (Sheet 92) NY994341
	Horse Level, locn: (Sheet 92) NY998333
	Low Level, locn: (Sheet 89) NY001338
Owners:	1890s - London Lead Co.
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead Ore.
	1884 - Lead Ore.
	1888 - Lead Ore.
	1890 - Lead Ore.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	1900 - Lead Ore.
	1902 - Lead Ore.
	1979 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore.
	1980 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 16 (12 below, 4 surface)
	1896 - 14 (12 below, 2 surface)
	1900 - 0 [Standing]
	1902 - 0 [Standing]
	1905 - 0 [Dismantled]
	1908 - 0 [Dismantled]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)
Notes:	1908 - This mine was formerly worked by the London Lead Co., but is now dismantled and in the hands of the Lessors - The Ecclesisatical Commissioners.

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!

						Collinson, John, 14 Jan 1863, Lead Miner, killed by a quantity of stone and lead ore falling upon him

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cornish Hush (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
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 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
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
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