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Sedling (Lead Ore)
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| Location: | Weardale 9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 87) NY859410, 54° 45' 49" N, 2° 13' 9" W |
| Maps: |  1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | 1890s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1896 - Lead Ore. |
| 1900 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1902 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| 1905 - Lead ore and fluor spar. | |
| 1910 - Lead ore and fluor spar. | |
| 1915 - Lead ore and fluor spar. | |
| 1921 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| 1925 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| 1930 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| 1935 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| 1945 - Lead Ore, Flourspar. | |
| 1950 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. | |
| Detailed Mineral Statistics for Sedling (Lead Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1896 - 54 (26 below, 28 surface) |
| 1900 - 48 (29 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1902 - 56 (22 below, 34 surface) | |
| 1905 - 49 (31 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1910 - 56 (32 below, 24 surface) | |
| 1915 - 44 (27 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1921 - 32 (25 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1925 - 35 (25 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1930 - 29 (10 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1935 - 27 (16 below, 11 surface) | |
| 1945 - 37 (21 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1950 - 0 [Discontinued 12/48] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Sedling (Lead Ore) |
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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
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Featherstone, John, 03 May 1904, aged 34, Miner, fatally crushed by a lump he and his partner were taking down | |||||
| Peadon, Isaac, 01 Apr 1904, (accident: 16 Dec 1903), aged 58, Miner, Died from injuries received by a fall from roof on 16th December last | |||||
| 2 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sedling (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sedling (Lead Ore)
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Gallery Images:
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1925 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
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Pictures:
- Picture from Mine & Quarry Engineering
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Extracts from Bargain Books relating to Sedling — kindly provided by John Stark |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Sedling Mine |
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