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Middlehope (Iron Ore)

Location:	Weardale 12½ miles [20 km] ESE of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY904401, 54° 45' 20" N, 2° 8' 57" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - Weardale Iron Co. Ltd.
Output:	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1894 - Iron Ore.
	1896 - Iron Ore.
Employment:	1888 - 0 [Standing]
	1890 - 0 [Standing]
	1894 - 1
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Middlehope (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1894, Apr - Unprofitable to work, the ore being unsuitable for steel making

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!

						Fairless, Thomas, 06 Jun 1889, aged 57, Miner, whilst he was being taken along the level in a tub his head came in contact with the roof and his neck was dislocated

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

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

Credits

Sources:

1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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