	Nenthead (Lead Ore)	Index	Nenthead (Lead Ore)

Nenthead (Lead Ore)

Location:

Nenthead, Alston

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

1920's

Owners:

1890s - Vieille Montagne Zinc Co.

Output:

1882 - Lead Ore.

1883 - Lead ore and zinc ore.

1890 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1894 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1896 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1900 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1902 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1905 - Lead and zinc ores.

1910 - Lead and zinc ores.

1915 - Lead and zinc ores.

1921 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Nenthead (Lead Ore)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	298	179	119
1896	487	289	198
1900	320	195	125
1900	Includes Blagill
1902	435	254	181
1905	368	201	167
1905	Inc. Blagill
1910	279	166	113
1915	159	64	95
1921	22		22
1921	Not worked

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Nenthead (Lead 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!

						Archer, John Stephenson, 15 Oct 1909, aged 35, Engineman, fracture of Pelton wheel
						Burginer, Moritz, 24 Mar 1913, aged 54, Miner, deceased was engaged timbering at a fall on a heading, when the timber gave way and fell on to him, burying him beneath it and debris; deceased was dead when extricated
						Erwine, John, 16 Feb 1844, Miner, killed by an explosion of shot, left a wife and six children
						Lee, -, Jul 1819, fell down a shaft of 40 fathoms and was killed on the spot
						Robinson, Joseph, 02 Jun 1879, aged 51, Miner, killed by a fall of stone from roof
						Shield, John, 04 May 1902, (accident: 03 May 1902), aged 40, Miner, deceased and two others raised the machine of a rock-drill in order to alter its position on the standard so as to drill another hole ; whilst in this position and uncramped it slipped down the standard, and, falling on a loose drill lying on the floor, caused it to spring up and strike deceased on the temple
						Whitfield, Joseph, 10 Aug 1912, aged 21, Miner, deceased apparently bored into a hole containing a charge of gelatine dynamite which had missed fire on the previous shift

						7 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 , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the 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 .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.

Credits

Sources:

1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
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
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), 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
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), 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
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