	High Force Quarry (Whinstone)	Index	High Force Quarry (Whinstone)

High Force Quarry (Whinstone)

Location:	15 miles [24 km] SE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 91, 92) NY879290, 54° 39' 21" N, 2° 11' 15" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - G. Hodsman & Sons Ltd.
Output:	1922 - Igneous rock.
Employment:	1922 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)

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!

						Sowerby, Richard Watson, 22 Dec 1911, aged 31, Joiner, he was assisting in the erection of a new crusher, and at the time of the accident was engaged in fitting together some timber forming part of the structure. He was waiting for a bolt which another person had gone for when he somehow lost his balance and fell to the ground a distance of about 12 feet. His head struck a concreate slab, causing a fracture of the skull

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to High Force Quarry (Whinstone)

Credits

Sources:

1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian