	Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)	Index	Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Location:

Moor Row
3½ miles [6 km] SE of Whitehaven

Map Ref:

(Sheet 89) NY006139, 54° 30' 38" N, 3° 32' 8" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1890s - Miles Postlethwaite

1900s - Executors of Miles Postlethwaite

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 - No. 4 Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).

1910 - No. 6 Pit - Iron ore (red hematite).

1915 - No. 6 Pit - 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.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1894		110	90	20
1896		112	81	31
1900		136	116	20
1902		118	98	20
1905		100	80	20
1910	No. 4 Pit	159	124	35
1915	No. 6 Pit	101	83	18
1921		99	76	23
1923		76	56	20
1924		61	47	14
1925		41	30	11
1927		1		1
1927		Not worked since 1925

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Notes:

1929, 21 Jun - Abandoned

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron 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!

						Wilson, Joseph Braithwaite, 03 Jul 1917, aged 50, he was engaged tipping a bogey into a hurry and he was found in the hurry fatally injured

						1 name 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)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 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
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research