	Park House (Iron Ore)	Index	Park House (Iron Ore)

Park House (Iron Ore)

Location:	Bigrigg
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Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1900s - Chas. Cammell & Co. Ltd.
	1900s - Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd.
	1910s - Workington Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
	1920s - United Steel Cos. Ltd., (Workington Iron & Steel Branch)
Output:	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).
	1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1920 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1927 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Park House (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 46 (39 below, 7 surface)
	1896 - 54 (46 below, 8 surface)
	1900 - 61 (52 below, 9 surface)
	1902 - 58 (49 below, 9 surface)
	1905 - 65 (56 below, 9 surface)
	1910 - 321 (290 below, 31 surface)
	1915 - 413 (358 below, 55 surface)
	1920 - 268 (208 below, 60 surface)
	1921 - 62 (33 below, 29 surface)
	1923 - 118 (82 below, 36 surface)
	1924 - 134 (96 below, 38 surface)
	1925 - 144 (102 below, 42 surface)
	1927 - 7

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!

						Airey, Benjamin, 21 May 1867, aged 31, killed in a shaft accident
						Brunton, Harold, 13 Aug 1915, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Doyle, Patrick, 11 Jun 1911, (accident: 27 May 1911), aged 31, Miner, crushed by tubs
						Hooper, Edward, 03 Jul 1878, aged 25, Miner, explosion of dynamite
						MacKay, Joseph Walker, 13 Jan 1921, aged 44, Winding Engineman
						Nevinson, Joseph Henry, 10 Oct 1912, aged 40, Sinker, the accident occurred in a sinking shaft during timbering operations; the empty tackle had been sent away and a portion of it, owing to careless attachment, fell back down the shaft and struck deceased on the head
						Pierce, Thomas Henry, 14 May 1878, aged 20, Miner, explosion of dynamite
						Scott, Joseph Jackson, 22 Jun 1915, aged 34 [More information ...]
						Scott, William, 22 Jun 1915 [More information ...]
						Skeyse, John, 11 Mar 1895, (accident: 21 Feb 1895, 1:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 40, Miner, shot explosion (gelatine dynamite); he was driving a jumper through the stemming, believing that the charge had exploded, and blown into a "lough" or cavity [More information ...]
						Woodburn, Robert, 19 Jun 1920, aged 53, Miner, killed by an accidental fall of ore in his working place, address: 13 Chapel Street, Bigrigg, Egremont [Inquest: 19 Jun 1920 & 23 Jun 1920]
						Woods, John, 08 Mar 1919, aged 49, Miner, killed by a fall of metal

						12 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
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
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 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
Contributions by members of the Public
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research