	Rosegill Colliery	Index	Rosegill Colliery

Rosegill Colliery

Location:	Crosby 14 miles [22 km] NNE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY084379, 54° 43' 40" N, 3° 25' 20" W
Opened:
Closed:	29 May 1897
Owners:	1890s - Lonsdale Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - No. 2 - Coal.
	1890 - No. 2 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 290 (207 below, 83 surface)
	1896 - 269 (219 below, 50 surface) [Closing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rosegill Colliery
Notes:	1897, 29 May - Ten Quarter, Rattler, Thirty Inch, Metal Band, Yard Band, Little Main, No. 1 and No. 2 seams abandoned - Not profitable

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!

						Bland, Caleb, 21 Sep 1896, aged 24, Hewer, He was caught by a fall of stone when filling a tub. He should have had another plank set, considering the nature of the roof at this place, otherwise the place was well timbered [Inspection made]
						Crossthwaite, Joshua, 06 Dec 1873, aged 15, Putter, killed by machinery
						Duggan, Joseph, 10 Sep 1878, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						McDowell, W., 28 Jun 1877, killed by a fall of roof
						Mudge, William, 12 Jul 1888, aged 33, Hewer, fall of roof in a place newly timbered; soft, short roof fell between planks and suffocated the deceased
						Wilson, John, 13 Mar 1874, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

						6 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rosegill Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report