	High House (Iron Ore)	Index	High House (Iron Ore)

High House (Iron Ore)

Location:	Frizington
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	1923
Owners:	1880s - Fletcher & Hodgetts
	1880s - Fletcher's High House Mining Co.
	1920s - Whitehaven Hematite Iron & Steel 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).
	1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for High House (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 125 (100 below, 25 surface)
	1896 - 91 (73 below, 18 surface)
	1900 - 51 (37 below, 14 surface)
	1902 - 41 (30 below, 11 surface)
	1905 - 26 (15 below, 11 surface) [Abandoned Sept. 1905]
	1921 - 81 (63 below, 18 surface)
	1923 - 66 (48 below, 18 surface) [Abandoned]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for High House (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1874 - Abandoned

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!

						Culbert, Thomas, 09 Mar 1922, aged 66, Miner, killed in a cage accident; address: 164, Frizington Road
						Howell, Robert, 09 May 1895, 8:30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 26, Miner, this place was known to be nearly holed through into old workings, and was timbered close up to the fire-head; the intervening crust of solid ore turned out to be thinner than was expected, and the fore-head and roof suddenly collapsed, burying deceased among the debris; no official inspection of the place had been made on that day, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, Frizington
						Kelly, Andrew, 12 Sep 1884, aged 16, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Kennedy, William, 27 Dec 1879, aged 42, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery
						Vodden, Charles, 20 Jan 1894, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 58, Miner, An accident of a very simple character. He was seated on a plank, boring, with his feet resting on loose ore. He stood up for some purpose, and the plank was displaced. On attempting to sit down again he fell backwards, and rolled about 6 feet down a bank of ore. He died the following day [Inspection made & inquest attended]

						5 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
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
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Headstone(s) in Preston Quarter Cemetery, Whitehaven
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