	Elm Ford (Lead Ore)	Index	Elm Ford (Lead Ore)

Elm Ford (Lead Ore)

Location:	St. John's Chapel 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91, 92) NY867396, 54° 45' 5" N, 2° 12' 20" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - Peart & Co. Ltd.
	1920s - Pease & Partners Ltd.
	1930s - Hinchcliffe Brothers & Co. Ltd.
Output:	1921 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore, Limestone.
	1923 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore, Limestone.
	1924 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore, Limestone.
	1925 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore, Limestone.
	1927 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore.
	1935 - Fluorspar.
Employment:	1921 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1923 - 4
	1924 - 10 (9 below, 1 surface)
	1925 - 12 (10 below, 2 surface)
	1927 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
	1935 - 15 (10 below, 5 surface) [Abandoned 10/35]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Elm Ford (Lead Ore)
Notes:	1935, 27 Nov - Abandoned

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!

						Bee, William, 11 Jul 1850, aged 49, fell down shaft

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elm Ford (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Elm Ford (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department