	Moss Bay (Iron Ore)	Index	Moss Bay (Iron Ore)

Moss Bay (Iron Ore)

Location:

Woodend
4 miles [6 km] SSE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY006130, 54° 30' 9" N, 3° 32' 7" W

Opened:

Closed:

31 Dec 1931

Owners:

1890s - Moss Bay Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

1900s - Moss Bay Hematite Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

1910s - Workington Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

1920s - United Steel Cos. Ltd., (Workington Iron & Steel Branch)

1930s - Bigrigg Mining Co. Ltd.

Output:

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 - No. 1 - Lead ore.

1905 - No. 6 - Lead ore.

1910 - No. 6 Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).

1910 - Nos. 1 and 3 Pits - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - No. 3 Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - No. 6 Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).

1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1921 - No. 3 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1923 - No. 3 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).

1927 - Iron Ore.

1929 - Iron Ore.

1930 - Iron Ore.

1935 - Iron Ore.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Moss Bay (Iron Ore)

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1894		92	79	13
1896		97	81	16
1900		92	78	14
1902		108	90	18
1905	No. 1	15	9	6
1905	No. 6	134	106	28
	Total	149	115	34
1910	No. 6 Pit	203	167	36
1910	Nos. 1 and 3 Pits	23	14	9
	Total	226	181	45
1915	No. 3 Pit	Not worked
1915	No. 6 Pit	233	200	33
1915		36	15	21
1915		98	98
	Total	367	313	54
1921		37	13	24
1921	No. 3	Not worked
	Total	37	13	24
1923		199	155	44
1924		159	120	39
1925		67	41	26
1927		138	102	36
1929		100	66	34
1930		93	63	30
1935		Pumping only

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Moss Bay (Iron Ore)

Notes:

1891 - Nos. 3 & 5 Pits - Abandoned, exhausted

1931, 31 Dec - Haematite seam abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Moss Bay (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!

						Byrne, Lawrence, 23 Mar 1910, (accident: 21 Mar 1910), aged 58, Miner, delayed explosion of blasting gelatine - he waited outside the working for 25 minutes after lighting the fuse; the shot exploded just as he got back
						Dixon, David, 17 Nov 1914, aged 25, Labourer, deceased was engaged in trailing ore from a hopper, or shoot; the hopper is an inclined plane over 100 feet long, at an angle of about 45 degrees; during the course of the shift he went up the hopper a distance of 10 or 12 feet to liberate some ore which had stuck; by some means he slipped into the hopper, and was covered by fine ore and was suffocated; he was alone at the time, and was not missed until upwards of an hour later
						Gibson, George Walker, 29 Mar 1916
						McLean, Isaac John, 15 Aug 1908, aged 15, Locomotive fireboy, while assisting to shunt waggons he sat on a brake lever and was jerked off
						Reynolds, Thomas, 11 Feb 1930, (accident: 31 Jul 1929), aged 73, Miner, he dressing down the roof when a piece of metal fell and struck him on the leg
						Sloan, Hugh, 19 Jan 1910, aged 25, Labourer, A runaway bogie knocked out a prop and allowed a stone to fall, which, striking Sloan, killed him on the spot

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

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

Credits

Sources:

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
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), 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
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, 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
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 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