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Flushiemere (Metalliferous)
also known as Flushamere (Metalliferous)
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| Location: | Middleton-in-Teesdale 15½ miles [25 km] SE of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 91, 92) NY909310, 54° 40' 26" N, 2° 8' 28" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Dec 1949 |
| Pits: | No. 2 Mine, sinking: 1830 |
 Shaft details for No. 2 Mine |
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| Owners: | 1880s - London Lead Co. |
| 1890s - William Lee & Son | |
| 1920s - W. & W. Lee | |
| 1950s - Flushiemere Barytes Mines Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Lead Ore. |
| 1883 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1884 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1888 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1890 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1894 - Barytes. | |
| 1896 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1900 - Barytes. | |
| 1902 - Barytes. | |
| 1905 - Barytes. | |
| 1910 - Barytes. | |
| 1915 - Barytes. | |
| 1921 - Barytes, Lead Ore. | |
| 1923 - Barytes, Lead Ore. | |
| 1924 - Barytes, Lead Ore. | |
| 1925 - Barytes, Lead Ore. | |
| 1927 - Barytes, Lead Ore. | |
| 1935 - Barytes. | |
| 1945 - Barytes, Fluorspar. | |
| 1950 - Barytes, Fluorspar. | |
| Detailed Mineral Statistics for Flushiemere (Metalliferous) |
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| Employment: | 1884 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1896 - 2 | |
| 1900 - 2 | |
| 1902 - 0 [Abandoned and dismantled] | |
| 1905 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1915 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1921 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1923 - 0 [Not worked] | |
| 1924 - 1 | |
| 1925 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1927 - 0 [Not worked since 1925] | |
| 1935 - 3 | |
| 1945 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1950 - 12 (7 below, 5 surface) [Abandoned 12/49] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Flushiemere (Metalliferous) |
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| Notes: | 1830 - The Flushie Mere No. 2 Lead Mine Shaft in the township of Forest and Frith was sunk from the surface down to the Great Limestone. |
1949, Dec - Abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Flushiemere (Metalliferous)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Flushiemere (Metalliferous)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 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
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- 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
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.
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