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  Mouzell (Iron Ore)  Index  Mouzell (Iron Ore)  
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Mouzell (Iron Ore)


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Dalton-in-Furness
4 miles [6 km] NNE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref: (Sheet 96) SD231752, 54° 10' 0" N, 3° 10' 41" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners: 1880s - Askam & Mouzell Iron Co.
1890s - Millom & Askam Iron Co. Ltd.
1900s - Millom & Askam Hematite Iron 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).
1908 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).
  Mineral Statistics  Detailed Mineral Statistics for Mouzell (Iron Ore)
Employment: 1894 - 188 (140 below, 48 surface)
1896 - 166 (105 below, 61 surface)
1900 - 143 (77 below, 66 surface)
1902 - 29 (19 below, 10 surface)
1908 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface)
1910 - 1
Notes: Incident  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Mouzell (Iron Ore)


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Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

In Memoriam
  Individal page WCMRG 

Caldbeck, John Henry, 29 May 1882, aged 25, killed by a fall of side while widening a tramway

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Comthwaite, William, 28 Jul 1891, 1:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 22, Sinker, the "tophand" not having the "bogie" properly over the shaft, the kibble on being detached from the rope, fell down the pit striking deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended]

  Individal page WCMRG 

Dixon, Thomas, 05 May 1854, aged 25, fall of ore which dislocated his neck, left a widow and one child four months old

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Dunston, William, 23 Sep 1879, aged 20, Miner, skull fractured by loose pipe while ascending shaft

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Fearon, Henry, 07 Feb 1882, aged 26, Miner, knocked down lower portion of shaft by cage while crossing shaft at an upper eye

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Jones, Isaac, 05 Oct 1886, aged 45, Miner, crushed by descending cage; the deceased was engaged driving a rock drift, and was returning to a shot which had missed fire ; he had to cross the shaft foot, instead of doing so by the travelling way, he crossed the bottom of the shaft, when the descending cage caught him, and crushed him to death

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Redhead, Robert, 08 Oct 1873, aged 32, Iron Ore Miner, fall of iron ore from the roof of the level, when removed to his home, he was found to be badly crushed, one of thighs being broken and his bowels squeezed, he lingered until six at night, when he died

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Roberts, Joseph, 29 Oct 1886, aged 27, Miner, fell down a rise; the deceased and his partner were engaged driving a vertical rise, they were shifting their stage plank previous to firing, when the deceased, on reaching for a plank, fell down the rise, and was so injured that he died

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Wilcock, William, 15 Dec 1860, aged 28, Miner, accidentally killed by a pick falling down the shaft

 
  9 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.

Those names marked with image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with image.


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mouzell (Iron Ore)

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mouzell (Iron Ore)


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) 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
  • 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 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
  • 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 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

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