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Dow Gang (Lead Ore) |
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Dow Gang (Lead Ore) |
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Dow Gang (Lead Ore)
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Alston
4½ miles [7 km] ESE of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 86, 87) NY785437, 54° 47' 16" N, 2° 20' 4" W |
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| Pits: |
Air Shaft, locn: (Sheet 86, 87) NY773429 |
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 Shaft details for Air Shaft |
| Owners: |
1880s - Dowgang Mine Co. |
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1880s - W. Dickinson |
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1900s - Vieille Montagne Zinc Co. |
| Output: |
1882 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1883 - Lead ore and zinc ore. |
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1884 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1888 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1890 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. |
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1900 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
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1905 - Coal: Manufacturing. |
| Employment: |
1900 - 7 |
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1902 - 0 [Standing] |
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1905 - 0 [Standing] |
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1908 - 0 [Standing] |
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!
| | |  | | | | Erwine, Jacob, 25 Jul 1881, aged 42, Miner, explosion of dynamite, returned to shot which hung fire |
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1 name found |
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Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1908 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
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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