	Derwent Mines (Lead Ore)	Index	Derwent Mines (Lead Ore)

Derwent Mines (Lead Ore)

Location:	Hunstanworth 11 miles [17 km] S of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY950470, 54° 49' 4" N, 2° 4' 40" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Deborah Level, locn: (Sheet 87) NY956482
	Green's Shaft
	Shaft details for Green's Shaft
	Jeffries Shaft, locn: (Sheet 87) NY960478 (See also Jeffries (Lead Ore))
	Shaft details for Jeffries Shaft
	Pear's Shaft
	Shaft details for Pear's Shaft
	Presser Engine Shaft, locn: (Sheet 87) NY960478 (See also Jeffries (Lead Ore))
	Shaft details for Presser Engine Shaft
	Ramshaw Mine, locn: (Sheet 87) NY948466 (See also Ramshaw (Fluorspar))
	Shaft details for Ramshaw Mine
	Routh Shaft
	Shaft details for Routh Shaft
	Sikehead Mine, locn: (Sheet 87) NY955464
	Taylor's Shaft
	Shaft details for Taylor's Shaft
	Westgarth's Shaft
	Shaft details for Westgarth's Shaft
	Whiteheaps Mine (See also Whiteheaps (Fluorspar))

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!

						Beck, John Atkinson, 29 May 1854, aged 17, killed by machinery
						Gibson, Errington, 01 Feb 1867, aged 32, Miner, killed in a shot firing accident; left a wife and three children
						James, George, 11 Jun 1863, fell into hopper after platform broke [More information ...]
						Nattress, John, 11 Jun 1863, fell into hopper after platform broke [More information ...]
						Stephenson, Isaac, 28 May 1858, fell down shaft [date of report]

						5 names found

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