	Frizington (Iron Ore)	Index	Frizington (Iron Ore)

Frizington (Iron Ore)

Location:	Frizington 5 miles [8 km] ESE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY050165, 54° 32' 5" N, 3° 28' 6" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1860s - Musgrave & Co.
	1880s - Frizington Coal Co.
	1880s - Frizington Mining Co.
Output:	1882 - Coal.
	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - 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!

						Bainbridge, Joseph, 19 Sep 1871, aged 29, Miner, he, by some unexplained means, fell from the kibble to the bottom of the pit
						Carney, Michael, 18 May 1864, fall of roof - killed on the spot
						Carty, Patrick, 04 Jan 1865, aged 24, killed by a fall of stone from the roof
						Dareling, James, 12 Jul 1870, aged 18, Iron Ore Miner, through some means unexplained, he fell down the pit shaft, a distance of sixteen feet, and was killed, the spine of the back being broken
						Doyle, John, 10 Jul 1862, (accident: 09 Jul 1862), struck on head by a piece of ore following a shot
						Doyle, Patrick, 03 Jan 1893, 11:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 21, Miner's Labourer, Fall of stone from a slip in the roof [Inspection made]
						Fogarty, Edward, 23 Jun 1870, aged 37, Miner, fell from the cage down the pit
						Hickey, Patrick, 03 Jul 1857, fell and hit his head
						Kennedy, Michael, 23 Jan 1862, aged 24, killed by being crushed between a bogie and a wooden prop
						McFarlane, John, 04 Feb 1874, aged 22, Miner, fell down a shaft from one eye to another
						McKenna, James, 24 May 1867, aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Tubman, Thomas, 14 Jun 1845, fell down dead at work
						Wood, Thomas, 08 Apr 1869, aged 30, Miner, killed by a fall of ore

						13 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1867 Mines Inspectors Report
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.