	Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)	Index	Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)

Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)

Location:

Egremont
5 miles [8 km] SSE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY004111, 54° 29' 7" N, 3° 32' 15" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1890s - Gillfoot Park Mining Co.

1900s - Wyndham Mining Co. Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Iron Ore.

1883 - Iron ore.

1888 - Iron Ore.

1890 - Iron Ore.

1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1908 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	209	173	36
1896	190	165	25
1900	137	111	26
1902	94	69	25
1905	87	71	16
1915	22	15	7

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

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!

						Bell, Thomas, 03 Sep 1907, aged 54, Shiftman [More information ...]
						Dalton, Robert, 28 Nov 1881, aged 44, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Dixon, George, 05 Jul 1884, aged 27, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Earl, Richard, 01 Sep 1902, aged 21, Miner's Labourer, a short time after the other workmen had left the mine, Earl descended alone with stores, which he intended to leave at a convenient place near the shaft and return immediately ; his body was subsequently found in the sump, and it was clear he had fallen from the "eye" or inset at which he had alighted ; the shaft was fenced at the "eye," but the fence was defective
						Gillespie, Joseph, 31 Oct 1895, 7:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 29, Miner, Buried: Egremont Cemetery
						Graham, William, 10 Dec 1891
						Mitchell, Abel, 06 Apr 1882, aged 48, Miner, killed by a fall of ore
						Norman, William, 27 Sep 1880, aged 30, Miner, fall of ore from the roof
						O'Brien, Daniel, 02 Jun 1880, aged 28, Miner, fall of ore from roof
						Pattinson, Henry, 15 Sep 1903, aged 44, Station Master, train accident, Buried: St. John's Church-yard, Egremont
						Watson, Abraham, 19 Jun 1881, (accident: 16 Jun 1881), aged 54, Miner, fall of side of drift

						11 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.

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 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
Headstone(s) in Egremont Cemetery
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