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Ormesby (Ironstone) |
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Ormesby (Ironstone)
| Location: |
Ormesby
4½ miles [8 km] ESE of Middlesbrough
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ545167, 54° 32' 33" N, 1° 9' 27" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
Jan 1892 |
| Owners: |
1870s - Swan, Coates & Co. |
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1880s - Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1873 - Ironstone. |
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1882 - Ironstone. |
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1883 - Ironstone. |
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1884 - Ironstone. |
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1888 - Ironstone. |
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1890 - Ironstone. |
| Employment: |
1883 - 78 |
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 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Ormesby (Ironstone) |
| Notes: |
1892 - All the mineral being worked out or exhausted |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ormesby (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ormesby (Ironstone)
Credits
Sources:
- 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
Related Links:
| On this site |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
Further Reading:
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
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