	Row Foot (Iron Ore)	Index	Row Foot (Iron Ore)

Row Foot (Iron Ore)

Location:	Cleator
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	Dec 1900
Owners:	1890s - S. & J. Lindow
Output:	1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Row Foot (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 27 (22 below, 5 surface)
	1896 - 26 (22 below, 4 surface)
	1900 - 10 (7 below, 3 surface) [Abandoned, Dec. 1900]

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!

						Rouke, John, 05 Nov 1889, aged 50, Miner, fall of stone from roof; the deceased found this piece of stone bad, and not being able to get it down, he intended to blast it down at the end of the shift; he then sat down under it to get his pipe, when it fell and killed him instantly; this place had not been inspected for nine hours previous to the accident

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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