	Cashwell (Lead Ore)	Index	Cashwell (Lead Ore)

Cashwell (Lead Ore)

Location:	Alston 6 miles [10 km] S of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91) NY717367, 54° 43' 28" N, 2° 26' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:	1920's
Owners:	1880s - W. C. Dunn & Co.
	1890s - Charles W. Bell
	1910s - Executors of Sir Charles Morrison-Bell
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead ore and barytes.
	1888 - Lead Ore, Barytes.
	1890 - Lead Ore, Barytes.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	1900 - Lead Ore.
	1902 - Lead Ore.
	1905 - Lead ore.
	1910 - Lead ore.
	1915 - Lead ore.
	1921 - Lead Ore.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Cashwell (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 17 (12 below, 5 surface)
	1896 - 15 (10 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - 20 (15 below, 5 surface)
	1902 - 17 (10 below, 7 surface)
	1905 - 7
	1910 - 9 (6 below, 3 surface)
	1915 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1921 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cashwell (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!

						Armstrong, John, 29 Aug 1911, aged 55, Manager, he was supervising the re-opening of a disused drift, when the old timber, which was loaded with "deads," suddenly collapsed and caught him

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cashwell (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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 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