	Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)	Index	Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)

Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)

Location:	Foxdale Station 5½ miles [9 km] WNW of Douglas
Map Ref:	SC302776, 54° 9' 59" N, 4° 35' 59" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Central Foxdale Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
	1890s - Liverpool Syndicate Ltd., in liquidation
Employment:	1882 - 96 (62 below, 34 surface)
	1883 - 77 (38 below, 39 surface)
	1884 - 64 (26 below, 38 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)

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!

						Hines, William, 10 Oct 1891, 9:30 a.m., aged 53, Engine Driver, the mine was abandoned, and all the machinery had been sold by auction; Hines was an engine-driver at an adjoining mine, and after leaving his work at 7 a.m. he went home, had breakfast, and proceeded of his own accord to help a friend who had been told by the purchaser of a "bob" that he could have the timber if he got out the iron work; Hines slipped and fell down the shaft

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Central Foxdale (Metalliferous)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), North Wales, &c., and Isle of Man District (No. 9) by C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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