	Craigs Level (Lead Ore)	Index	Craigs Level (Lead Ore)

Craigs Level (Lead Ore)

Location:	Weardale 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91, 92) NY861379, 54° 44' 9" N, 2° 12' 57" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - W. B. Beaumont
	1890s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
	1910s - Weardale Lead Co. Ltd.
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.
	1905 - Lead ore.
	1910 - Lead ore.
	1915 - Lead ore.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Craigs Level (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 2
	1896 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	1900 - 9 (7 below, 2 surface)
	1902 - 7 (6 below, 1 surface)
	1910 - 1
	1915 - 0 [Not worked]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Craigs Level (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!

						Emerson, Thomas, 18 Jun 1873, aged 58, Timberman, crushed by the giving way of the timber of a work rise

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Craigs Level (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Craigs Level (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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