	Rushen (Metalliferous)	Index	Rushen (Metalliferous)

Rushen (Metalliferous)

Location:	Colby
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Rushen Mining Associates Ltd.
	1890s - Rushen Mining Co. Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Lead Ore.
Employment:	1881 - 20 (12 below, 8 surface)
	1883 - 12 (6 below, 6 surface)
	1884 - 11 (6 below, 5 surface)
	1890 - 112 (70 below, 42 surface)
	1894 - 0 [Suspended]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Rushen (Metalliferous)
Notes:	1911 - Abandoned

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!

						Kennaugh, John, 09 Feb 1892, 1:30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 48, Kibble filler, the deceased and three other men were at a winch lowering a chain down a shaft; the chain was in two parts joined by a screw shackle, and at the time of the accident It had no load on it; the shackle appears to have caught for a few moments on a board at the adit level and then to have slipped off, causing a sudden jerk on the winch and making the handle move round half a revolution; the deceased was struck on the head by one of the handles which was jerked out of his grip; his skull was fractured and he died in the course of 20 minutes

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), North Wales, &c., and Isle of Man District (No. 9) by C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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