	Elliscales (Iron Ore)	Index	Elliscales (Iron Ore)

Elliscales (Iron Ore)

Location:	Dalton-in-Furness 3½ miles [5 km] NNE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD226748, 54° 9' 47" N, 3° 11' 8" W
Opened:
Closed:	Dec 1912
Owners:	1880s - Elliscales Mining Co.
	1880s - Elliscales Mining Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Iron Ore.
	1883 - Iron ore.
	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Elliscales (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 76 (56 below, 20 surface)
	1896 - 75 (60 below, 15 surface)
	1900 - 75 (50 below, 25 surface)
	1905 - 50 (36 below, 14 surface)
	1910 - 9 (2 below, 7 surface) [Reopened 1910]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Elliscales (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1912 - Iron Ore Exhausted

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!

						Boulton, James, 26 Mar 1904, aged 59, Miner [More information ...]
						Brewer, John, 18 Jan 1860, aged 22, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
						King, John, 12 Apr 1854, aged 48, ore from ore heap fell on him, left a widow and four children
						McJennet, Herbert, 28 Dec 1899, aged 17, Banksman, He was found dead at the bottom of the shaft, and had presumably fallen from the surface [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Midwood, James, 02 Jun 1893, 2:00 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 42, Blacksmith, Deceased and another man were standing on the cage repairing signal wires at the top of the shaft ; they gave a signal to lower, but, for some unexplained reason, the engineman raised the cage and the deceased was crushed against the headgear [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Stephenson, Isaac, 17 Oct 1870, (accident: 14 Oct 1870), aged 59, Miner, two of the forks gave way in the drift, and a great quantity of roof fell in, striking the deceased
						Woodburn, John, 31 Jan 1905, aged 52, Miner [More information ...]

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elliscales (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Elliscales (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), 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
1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works