	Cocklakes (Gypsum)	Index	Cocklakes (Gypsum)

Cocklakes (Gypsum)

Location:

Cocklakes
5 miles [8 km] SE of Carlisle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86) NY456508, 54° 50' 59" N, 2° 50' 46" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1900s - John Howe & Co.

1910s - Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co. Ltd.

Output:

1896 - Gypsum.

1897 - Gypsum.

1900 - Gypsum.

1902 - Gypsum.

1905 - Gypsum.

1910 - Gypsum.

1915 - Gypsum.

1921 - Gypsum.

1922 - Gypsum.

1925 - Gypsum.

1930 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

1935 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

1945 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

1950 - Gypsum, Anhydrite.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Cocklakes (Gypsum)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1896	78	48	30
1897	80	48	32
1900	35	28	7
1902	40	30	10
1905	32	26	6
1910	26	22	4
1915	32	28	4
1921	44	42	2
1922	5	5
1925	87	76	11
1930	64	57	7
1935	90	82	8
1945	170	139	31
1950	148	114	34

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Cocklakes (Gypsum)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cocklakes (Gypsum)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cocklakes (Gypsum)

Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
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
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
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department