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Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Bigrigg 4 miles [6 km] SSE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89) NX997126, 54° 29' 55" N, 3° 32' 56" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1914 |
| Owners: | 1880s - Maryport Hematite Iron & Steel Co. |
| 1890s - Pallaflat Iron Ore Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 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 - Iron ore (red hematite). | |
| 1910 - Iron ore (red hematite). | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Pallaflat (Iron Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1894 - 31 (13 below, 18 surface) [Sinking] |
| 1896 - 100 (86 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1900 - 105 (87 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1902 - 75 (62 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1905 - 147 (132 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1910 - 111 (71 below, 40 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pallaflat (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1914 - Abandoned |
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Description
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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!
 | Ewing, John James, 04 Dec 1907, aged 24, Miner [More information ...] | |||||
| Gorley, Joseph, 01 Sep 1885, aged 23, Labourer, tarring pit head shed, and on moving the ladder on which he was working he fell to the ground | |||||
| Little, William, 15 Jul 1905, (accident: 24 Jun 1905), aged 65, Wagon picker [More information ...] | |||||
| Menhenet, James, 19 Nov 1886, aged 54, Miner, fall of ore; the deceased was engaged in taking a slice off a pillar of ore, and had 8 feet of ore in the roof next to the sandstone; this ore being of a crumbling nature made a rush, and reeled all the timber out, burying the deceased | |||||
| 4 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pallaflat (Iron Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) 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
- 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
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), 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
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