	Helder (Iron Ore)	Index	Helder (Iron Ore)

Helder (Iron Ore)

Location:

Orgill, Egremont

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

1924

Owners:

1910s - Wyndham Mining Co. Ltd.

Output:

1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1905	3		3
1905	Sinking
1915	216	160	56
1921	156	100	56
1923	382	308	74
1923	Abandoned
1924	306	265	41
1924	Abandoned

Notes:

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Helder (Iron 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!

						Clements, Henry, 07 Sep 1916, aged 24, Miners Labourer, a large fall took place from the roof on the left side of the working and unfortunately caught the deceased, killing him on the spot, Buried: Egremont Cemetery
						Coles, George, 29 Mar 1909, aged 36, Sinker, while descending sinking shaft on water vat it caught at pump lodge and deceased was crushed by skeleton cage descending on him
						Jackson, Benjamin, 21 Jul 1917, aged 39, killed by a fall of stone, his brother (John) was killed in the same mine in 1912, left a wife and four children, Buried: Egremont Cemetery
						Jackson, John, 11 Dec 1912, aged 32, Miner, he had commenced to load a cage at the surface with pump tackle without advising the engineman, who, in response to a signal from below, lowered the cage away; a few minutes later Jackson walked into the shaft, evidently under the impression that the cage was still at the surface; the accident occurred at night, but a good light was provided, his brother (Benjamin) was killed in the same mine in 1919
						Jamieson, David, 11 Dec 1914, aged 67, Deputy, died from heart failure in the pit

						5 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
Contributions by members of the Public
Headstone(s) in Egremont Cemetery
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research