	Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)	Index	Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)

Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)

Location:	Lindal 4 miles [7 km] NE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD247749, 54° 9' 54" N, 3° 9' 8" W
Opened:
Closed:	1915
Owners:	1890s - Harrison, Ainslie & 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).
	1910 - Grieveson Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1910 - North Pits - Iron ore (red hematite).
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 52 (39 below, 13 surface)
	1900 - 108 (77 below, 31 surface)
	1902 - 56 (32 below, 24 surface)
	1905 - 146 (93 below, 53 surface)
	1910 - Grieveson Pit - 95 (52 below, 43 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1915 - 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!

						Dobson, Launcelot, 25 Mar 1862, (accident: 22 Mar 1862), aged 48, struck by an iron rail on the head, which, from accident, sprung from the sleepers
						Dunstone, Samuel, 18 May 1882, aged 23, Miner, struck by plank falling down shaft
						Harrison, William Thomas, 25 Sep 1907, (accident: 11 Aug 1907), aged 21, Boiler fireman, At the request of the engineman, deceased went to remove some ballast from the balance-box affixed to the end of the bell-crank in connection with the pumps. The balance-box is 6 feet deep and works in a pit about the same depth. At the time of the accident the box was at its highest position and clear of the pit, the pumps being stationary. The night was wild and dark and deceased took a lamp, climbed into the box and threw out the necessary amount of ballast. His lamp had in the interim been blown out and in getting out of the box in the darkness he fell into the pit. His injuries were not at first considered sufficiently serious to report.
						McComb, Joseph Henry, 04 Sep 1862, aged 23, Miner, killed by falling down an iron ore pit
						Sampson, -, Dec 1851
						Watson, Edward, 13 Mar 1886, aged 15, Horse Driver, employed on surface bringing loaded bogeys of ore to the railway sidings; a detaching hook was used to disconnect the horse from the bogey; after detaching his horse he tried to get a short coupling chain off the front of the bogey, which was in motion; in doing so he slipped in front and the bogey tipped up on him
						Winder, Joseph, 28 Feb 1883, aged 25, Miner, killed by a fall of ore

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lindal Cote (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) 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
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
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), 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
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