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	Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)	Index	Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)

Location:	Teesdale 13½ miles [22 km] WNW of Whitby
Map Ref:	(Sheet 94) NZ701197
Opened:
Closed:	Apr 1893
Owners:	1880s - J. W. Pease & Partners
Output:	1873 - Ironstone.
	1882 - Ironstone.
	1883 - Ironstone.
	1884 - Ironstone.
	1888 - Ironstone.
	1890 - Ironstone.
Employment:	1883 - 330
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)
Notes:	1893, Apr - Abandoned on the expiration of the lease, the mine being unprofitable to work

Description

Cragg's Hall Mines, belonging to Messrs. Pease & Partners, give employment to about 400 men and boys. The ironstone is worked from a winding shaft 240 feet deep. The output is about 4,000 tons per week.

Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire (1890)

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!

						Bennet, John, 06 Oct 1882, (accident: 05 Oct 1882), aged 41, Deputy, burnt by an explosion of gas while drawing a jud [More information ...]
						Jemson, William, 16 Jan 1890, aged 48, Under Manager, he was standing near to the miner who was baring some side stone, when a heavy fall of roof took place, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 19 Jan 1890 {NBI} [More information ...]
						Jordan, William, 12 Jan 1888, aged 50, Miner, while lifting a waggon on the way in his bord it canted over, crushing his head against the side of the place, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 15 Jan 1888 {NBI}
						Lane, Richard, 19 Jun 1880, aged 26, Miner, explosion of a shot while stemming it; using copper gear; had got some inches of stemming it
						Magor, Richard, 02 Mar 1875, aged 22, Miner, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 06 Mar 1875 {NBI}
						Masters, Thomas, 17 Mar 1881, (accident: 08 Mar 1881), aged 49, Miner, injury to leg by a fall of stone while working it down after a shot, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 19 Mar 1881 {NBI}
						Peacock, Joseph, 17 Sep 1873, aged 19, Hanger-on, crushed by tubs on engine plane, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 21 Sep 1873 {NBI}
						Thompson, Addison, 27 Nov 1876, aged 60, Deputy, explosion of gas while examining workings on the morning, he had, contrary to orders, taken an open light as well as a safety lamp, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 30 Nov 1876 {NBI}
						Weatherill, Thomas, 05 Oct 1882, aged 38, Deputy, burnt by an explosion of gas while drawing a jud [More information ...]
						Yeoman, John, 03 Jul 1886, aged 40, Miner, while working in the broken, a fall of shale took place, knocking out a prop, which fell on his head
						10 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)

Credits

Sources:

Related Links:

	On this site
	Newspaper articles
	Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857)
	External sites
	Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs

Further Reading:

• Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs

Further Research:

  Research Notes for Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)