	Dalton (Iron Ore)	Index	Dalton (Iron Ore)

Dalton (Iron Ore)

Location:	Dalton-in-Furness 3½ miles [5 km] NE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD239738, 54° 9' 15" N, 3° 9' 55" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Askam & Mouzell Iron Co.
	1890s - Millom & Askam Hematite Iron Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Iron Ore.
	1884 - Iron Ore.
	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1908 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Dalton (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 203 (130 below, 73 surface)
	1896 - 188 (109 below, 79 surface)
	1900 - 123 (63 below, 60 surface)
	1902 - 121 (95 below, 26 surface)
	1905 - 40 (24 below, 16 surface)
	1908 - 19 (13 below, 6 surface)
	1910 - 10 (4 below, 6 surface)

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!

						Baily, Thomas, 16 Jun 1875, aged 33, Miner, The breaking of a steel wire rope while they were descending in a kibble. They were going by this mode contrary to the regulations of the mine which were posted up in the large print at the mouth of the shaft. A good ladderway was duly provded for their use but they went down by the kibble in order to save the slight labour of travelling the road [More information ...]
						Hewitson, John, 27 Mar 1872, he got into the cage and gave the signal for the engine to start, when the driver, fancying the cage was at the bottom of the shaft, set the machinery in motion for raising instead of lowering it, the result being that the cage was drawn over the headgear, and Hewitson was thrown out and killed
						Kennedy, Thomas, 16 Jun 1875, aged 49, Miner, The breaking of a steel wire rope while they were descending in a kibble. They were going by this mode contrary to the regulations of the mine which were posted up in the large print at the mouth of the shaft. A good ladderway was duly provded for their use but they went down by the kibble in order to save the slight labour of travelling the road [More information ...]
						Murgatryod, John, 03 Oct 1899, aged 39, Miner, Deceased was assisting to take out the pumps from an abandoned mine, and when moving the clack piece, it fell over and crushed him against the side of the shaft [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Penny, Thomas, 07 Aug 1885, aged 67, Iron Ore Filler, lowering a truck from the filling place, he attempted to put a sprag in the wheel, and was thrown on the rail
						Poole, John, 29 Mar 1888, (accident: 19 Mar 1888), aged 54, Miner, explosion of gas; deceased on going to his work on 19th March expected to find a little gas in his working place; he stuck his lighted candle on the end of a stick, and putting it in the face exploded the gas, causing injuries from which he died [More information ...]
						Shaw, William, 07 May 1885, aged 50, Miner, piece of iron ore fell from between timbers, and striking him, caused him to fall to the bottom of a slope rise about 30 feet

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks