	Dunn House Quarry	Index	Dunn House Quarry

Dunn House Quarry

Location:	Gainford 12 miles [19 km] NNW of Richmond
Map Ref:	(Sheet 92) NZ112192, 54° 34' 4" N, 1° 49' 36" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - Dunhouse Quarry Co.
	1980s - New Dunn House Quarry Co.
Output:	1922 - Sandstone.
	1984 - Sandstone.
Employment:	1922 - 4

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!

						Franklin, John, 27 May 1899, aged 54, Borer, He was wheeling a barrow load of soil by the edge of the quarry, when he lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the quarry and was killed. [More information ...]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Dunn House Quarry

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dunn House Quarry

Credits

Sources:

1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey