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Rigg Head (Slate)
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| Location: | Borrowdale, Keswick 16½ miles [26 km] E of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89, 90) NY237153, 54° 31' 38" N, 3° 10' 45" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1930's |
| Owners: | 1890s - William Layland |
| 1900s - Layland Bros. | |
| 1920s - Cumberland Green Slate Co. | |
| 1930s - Smith & Plaskett | |
| 1930s - Leylands Rigg Head Quarries | |
| Output: | 1894 - Slate. |
| 1896 - Slate. | |
| 1900 - Slate. | |
| 1902 - Slate. | |
| 1905 - Slate. | |
| 1910 - Slate. | |
| 1915 - Slate. | |
| 1921 - Slate. | |
| 1923 - Slate. | |
| 1924 - Slate. | |
| 1925 - Slate. | |
| 1927 - Slate. | |
| 1929 - Slate. | |
| 1930 - Slate. | |
| 1935 - No. 10 - Slate. | |
| 1935 - No. 9 - Slate. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Rigg Head (Slate) |
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| Employment: | 1894 - 6 (2 below, 4 surface) |
| 1896 - 8 (3 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 9 (5 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1902 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 10 (5 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1910 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface) | |
| 1915 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1921 - 13 (5 below, 8 surface) | |
| 1923 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1924 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1925 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1927 - 0 [Not worked since 1925] | |
| 1929 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1930 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1935 - No. 10 - 3 | |
| 1935 - No. 9 - 0 [Not worked in 1935] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rigg Head (Slate)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rigg Head (Slate)
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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