Honister (Slate)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Honister (Slate)	Index	Honister (Slate)

Location:

Honister Pass, nr Keswick
15½ miles [25 km] ESE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89, 90) NY220130, 54° 30' 22" N, 3° 12' 17" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1890s - Buttermere Green Slate Co. Ltd.

1980s - Buttermere & Westmorland Green Slate Co. Ltd.

Output:

1894 - Slate.

1896 - Slate.

1900 - Slate.

1902 - Slate.

1905 - Slate.

1910 - Slate.

1915 - Slate.

1921 - Slate.

1925 - Slate.

1930 - Slate.

1935 - Slate.

1945 - Slate.

1950 - Slate.

1984 - Slate.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Honister (Slate)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	94	37	57
1896	105	58	47
1900	112	62	50
1900	Includes Dubb and Yewthwaite
1902	102	41	61
1905	86	40	46
1915	22	6	16
1921	56	28	28
1925	65	38	27
1930	88	37	51
1930	inc. Yew Craggs
1935	99	43	56
1950	Discontinued 12/47

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

None found.

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Bird, William, 21 Jun 1890, 9:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Rockman, fall of slate rock; deceased knew this piece of rock was bad and tried to bar it down on the day before the accident, but not being able to do so he set his mate to bore a hole in it to blast it down, and was working underneath it when it fell, killing him instantly

Pauling, William, 16 Jul 1895, 2:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 34, Miner, fall of roof on roadway; a shot had been fired in the roof and the men left the working for dinner; as they were returning, several pieces of rock fell, killing Pauling on the spot and injuring another man; the rock which fell was known to be slightly "struck," and earlier in the morning a futile attempt had been made to take it down

2 names found

1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey