Roseberry (Ironstone)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Roseberry (Ironstone)	Index	Roseberry (Ironstone)

Location:

Great Ayton
8 miles [13 km] ESE of Middlesbrough

Map Ref:

(Sheet 93) NZ582125, 54° 30' 16" N, 1° 6' 4" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1910s - Tees Furnace Co. Ltd.

1920s - Burton & Son

Output:

1865 - Ironstone.

1882 - Ironstone.

1883 - Ironstone.

1884 - Ironstone.

1910 - Ironstone.

1921 - Ironstone.

1923 - Ironstone.

1924 - Ironstone.

1925 - Ironstone.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1882	Standing
1883	37	37
1884	Standing
1910	216	166	50
1915	235	188	47
1921	220	163	57
1923	175	125	50
1924	164	119	45
1924	Standing
1925	8		8
1925	Closed

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Roseberry (Ironstone)

Notes:

1887 - Abandoned

None found.

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Roseberry (Ironstone)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Roseberry (Ironstone)

McNeil, Alfred, 21 Mar 1927, buried by several tons of earth while loading ironstone screenings from a tip when the tip collapsed

Taylor, Dalton, 04 Jan 1913, aged 50, Miner, deceased was working alone, and having holed his place was working it off to the proper width, he was dressing the top down to set another balk, but ventured too far; he was injured by a fall of shale; the doctor attributed death to shock and exposure, due to the long time it took to get deceased to the hospital in a milk cart

2 names found

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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
The Times Newspaper

The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside 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
Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs

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