	Rookhope (Lead Ore)	Index	Rookhope (Lead Ore)

Rookhope (Lead Ore)

Location:	Weardale 13 miles [21 km] E of Alston
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY925429, 54° 46' 51" N, 2° 7' 0" W
Maps:	1896 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - W. B. Beaumont
	1880s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead Ore.
	1884 - Lead Ore.
	1888 - Lead Ore.
	1890 - Lead Ore.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
Employment:	1894 - 37
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

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!

						Parker, John, 11 Oct 1887, aged 29, Smelter, while engaged cleaning out a long flue at a smelt mill, a rush of water was sent in from the top which washed him down to the bottom, causing his death

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rookhope (Lead Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rookhope (Lead Ore)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) 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
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