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Gilcruix Colliery
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| Location: | Maryport |
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| Owners: | 1870s - Gilcruix Colliery Co. |
| 1880s - Crosby & Gilcruix Colliery Co. | |
| Output: | 1855 - Coal. |
| 1860 - Coal. | |
| 1865 - Coal. | |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gilcruix Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934 - Ten Quarters, Metal, Yard seams 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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Barker, Stephen, 31 Mar 1849, aged 41, died from his injuries after being injured by a fall of roof | ||||
| | Martin, William, 26 Oct 1853, killed by an explosion of fire damp | ||||
| | Penn, James, 28 Dec 1820, aged 60, Steward, killed by falling out of the basket on his ascent from the pit | ||||
| | Williamson, Isaac, 23 Feb 1838, Miner, killed by a fall of roof | ||||
| 4 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by
The West Cumbria Mines Research
and are marked with .
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- 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.
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Gilcruix Colliery
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