	Ehen (Iron ore)	Index	Ehen (Iron ore)

Ehen (Iron ore)

Location:	Egremont
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Owners:	1880s - Ehen Mining Co.
Output:	1882 - Iron Ore.
	1883 - Iron ore.
	1884 - Iron Ore.

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!

						Eilbeck, George, 22 Mar 1886, aged 52, Miner, fall of shale from side ; engaged driving a shale drift ; the manager was in the place on Saturday morning, and ordered Eilbeck to place two sets of timbers ; on visiting the place on Monday morning, the manager found the place not timbered ; he immediately set the miners to put the timber in ; while engaged, a piece of shale fell and fractured Eilbeck's leg, from which he died
						Green, James, 13 Mar 1877, aged 23, Miner, explosion of dynamite. Were in a disused working where they kept their dynamite, and were supposed to have been preparing the charges for three holes which they had ready in their working place [More information ...]
						Haydon, Thomas, 10 Jun 1886, aged 46, Miner, fall of ore from roof; the deceased had fired a shot in a small piece of ore which projected from the roof; as it did not fall he commenced to bare it down, and while doing so a large lump of ore fell out, killing the deceased ; after the fall, there showed a slip running on the left hand side of the place, and one from the face up to the main limestone roof, which had not been noticed before the accident
						Jacques, Robert, 13 Sep 1866, aged 15, whilst ascending the shaft the rope broke, whereby he fell about 30 feet and was killed
						Madders, Henry, 13 Mar 1877, aged 21, Miner, explosion of dynamite. Were in a disused working where they kept their dynamite, and were supposed to have been preparing the charges for three holes which they had ready in their working place [More information ...]
						McClellan, David, 02 Jan 1878, aged 27, Hooker On, supposed to have been caught by cage and carried up the shaft - he fell when some distance up
						Milligan, Patrick, 21 Feb 1878, aged 33, Miner, killed by a fall of ore

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
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
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks