	Green Laws (Lead Ore)	Index	Green Laws (Lead Ore)

Green Laws (Lead Ore)

Location:	Weardale 12 miles [19 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91, 92) NY882367, 54° 43' 31" N, 2° 10' 59" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Shaft details for Green Laws (Lead Ore)
Owners:	1880s - W. B. Beaumont
	1890s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead Ore.
	1884 - Lead Ore.
	1888 - Lead Ore.
	1890 - Lead Ore.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	1900 - Lead Ore.
	1902 - Lead Ore.
	1905 - Lead ore.
	1910 - Lead ore.
	1915 - Lead ore.
	1921 - Lead Ore.
	1923 - Lead Ore.
	1924 - Lead Ore.
	1925 - Lead Ore.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Green Laws (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 123 (84 below, 39 surface)
	1896 - 93 (63 below, 30 surface)
	1900 - 14 (10 below, 4 surface)
	1902 - 1
	1905 - 0 [Not worked]
	1910 - 0 [Not worked]
	1915 - 0 [Not worked]
	1921 - 0 [Not worked]
	1923 - 0 [Not worked since 1920]
	1924 - 0 [Not worked since 1920]
	1925 - 0 [Not worked since 1920]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Green Laws (Lead 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!

						Dalton, Jacob Joseph, 26 Jun 1895, (accident: 25 Jun 1895, 7:00 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 13, Ore Dresser, crushed between rollers of crushing mill
						Dalton, Thomas, 14 Mar 1894, 5:00 p.m., 11th hour of shift, aged 15, Ore Washer, While trespassing on the dressing floor he set the buddle in motion and was dragged among the machinery [More information ...]
						Nattrass, John, 29 May 1896, aged 57, Miner, While filling ore into a hopper a fall took place from hanging wall and killed him instantly [More information ...]
						Robinson, Joseph, 21 Nov 1881, aged 38, Miner, suffocated by gas while climbing a rise to another level [More information ...]
						Watson, Joshua, 07 Dec 1888, aged 51, Miner, fall of earth by the breaking of some timber while he was engaged repairing

						5 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Green Laws (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Green Laws (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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