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	Kilton (Ironstone)	Index	Kilton (Ironstone)

Location:	Brotton 13 miles [21 km] WNW of Whitby
Map Ref:	(Sheet 94) NZ695169
Opened:
Closed:	02 Feb 1963
Owners:	1880s - Kilton Ironstone Co.
	1890s - Walker, Maynard & Co.
	1920s - Bell Brothers Ltd.
	1923, Apr - Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Output:	1873 - Ironstone.
	1882 - Ironstone.
	1883 - Ironstone.
	1884 - Ironstone.
	1888 - Ironstone.
	1890 - Ironstone.
	1894 - Ironstone.
	1896 - Ironstone.
	1900 - Ironstone.
	1902 - Ironstone.
	1905 - Ironstone.
	1910 - Ironstone.
	1921 - Ironstone.
	1925 - Ironstone.
	1930 - Ironstone.
	1935 - Ironstone.
	1945 - Ironstone.
	1950 - Ironstone.
	1954 - Ironstone.
Employment:	Year  Pit   Total  Below  Above 1882 Standing 1883 Standing 1884 Standing 1888 Standing 1890 Standing 1894 Standing 1896 70 13 57 1900 181 118 63 1902 202 141 61 1905 245 194 51 1910 424 314 110 1915 223 155 68 1921 327 223 104 1925 25 8 17 1930 100 64 36 1930 Standing 1935 2 2 1935 Standing 1945 185 144 41 1950 169 113 56 1954 254 177 77
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1950 - Cleveland Main
	1954 - Cleveland Main
Notes:	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Kilton (Ironstone)

Description

Kilton Mine is at present idle, but a new all-steel heapstead and equipment similar to that at South Skelton is being installed by Dorman, Long & Company. The ironstone-cleaning belt is 200 ft. long by 12 ft. wide and is fed by a friction-driven tippler. There are two shafts, 700 ft. deep. The electric winder is driven by a motor of 370 b.h.p.; the drum is bi-cylindro-conical, 15 ft. and 10 ft. 9 in. dia. by 9 ft. 6 in. wide. A Lilley duplex overwinder is fitted and a Weir-type liquid control.

The underground haulage is on the main-and-tail system, there being two haulages of 300 and 100 h.p. respectively. The pumps consist of two six-stage high lift turbine pumps, each of 1,000 galls. per min. capacity against a head of 740 ft.; they are direct-coupled to 340-h.p. motors and run at 1,450 r.p.m.

The fan is a 98-in. dia. Single-inlet "Sirocco" with a normal capacity of 70,000 cub. ft. per min. It is driven through laminated belt by a 50/7½-h.p. squirrel-cage two-speed pole-changing motor.

Iron & Coal Trades Review 1937

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!

						Blewitt, Benjamin, 12 Jan 1875, aged 20, Sinker, fell out of a kibble, which caught a bunton in the shaft, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 14 Jan 1875 {NBI}
						Chapman, Norman, 1940, Deputy, killed by an explosion while investigating a gas build up [approximate date]
						Dyer, David, 23 Dec 1873, aged 32, Sinker, fell out of kibble, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 26 Dec 1873 {NBI} [More information ...]
						Fawbert, George, 13 Jan 1913, aged 17, Driver, deceased was waiting at the face of a bord while a miner filled a tub, when a fall of side and roof occurred, killing him instantly; after the fall a network of "backs" could be seen, which caused the fall; the timber was well set
						Handcock, William, 23 Dec 1873, aged 26, Sinker, fell out of kibble, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 26 Dec 1873 {NBI} [More information ...]
						Hodgson, Keith, 09 Apr 1954, aged 27, Loaderman, killed by a fall of stone
						Johnson, Raymond, 03 May 1954, aged 40, Loaderman, gas explosion, address: Gladstone Street, Loftus [More information ...]
						Mackinder, John Francis, 29 Aug 1961, aged 39, killed by a fall of roof
						Padget, Joseph, 22 Feb 1898, aged 38, Sinker, he was riding up the pumping shaft in a loop, and when about 40 fathoms from the surface, he was precipitated on to the scaffold, about 81 fathoms from the surface; the spring hook came in contact with a permanent bunting, and was torn away and the loop was released, Buried: St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 24 Feb 1898 {NBI} [More information ...]
						Sharid, William, 05 Apr 1875, aged 35, Sinker, stone fell out of kibble on to him
						Welsh, Dennis, 29 Aug 1961, aged 35, killed by a fall of roof
						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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Credits

Sources:

Related Links:

	On this site
	Newspaper articles
	Awards for Bravery
	Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857)
	External sites
	Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs

Further Reading:

• Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Coal Mining and Ironstone Mining Properties of Dorman Long, published by Peter Tuffs
• Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
• Kilton Ironstone Mine - A History of Mining at Kilton by Simon Chapman, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs

Further Research:

  Research Notes for Kilton (Ironstone)