	Slapewath (Ironstone)	Index	Slapewath (Ironstone)

Slapewath (Ironstone)

Location:	Guisbrough 11 miles [18 km] ESE of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 94) NZ646148, 54° 31' 27" N, 1° 0' 6" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1870s - T. Charlton & Co.
	1880s - B. Samuelson & Co.
	1890s - Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Output:	1873 - Ironstone.
	1882 - Ironstone.
	1883 - Ironstone.
	1884 - Ironstone.
	1888 - Ironstone.
	1890 - Ironstone.
	1894 - Ironstone.
	1896 - Ironstone.
	1900 - Ironstone.
	1902 - Ironstone.
	1905 - Ironstone.
Employment:	1883 - 156
	1884 - 0 [Standing]
	1894 - 189 (159 below, 30 surface)
	1896 - 224 (189 below, 35 surface) [Slapewath and Spa combined]
	1900 - 0 [Inc. in Spa Wood]
	1902 - 482 (409 below, 73 surface) [Slapewath and Spa Wood Combined]
	1905 - 690 (564 below, 126 surface) [inc. Spa Wood]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Notes:	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Slapewath (Ironstone)

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!

						Curry, Joseph, 01 Aug 1877, aged 35, Fireman, he was shunting a waggon at Slapewath, when he was accidentally knocked down by the buffer of the waggon and ran over
						Ditchburn, Isaac, 15 Feb 1886, aged 48, Miner, fall of stone while wedging it down in narrow place
						Field, Thomas, 09 Mar 1899, (accident: 23 Feb 1899), aged 35, Miner, He and his marrow had a tub partly filled with ironstone and left it spragged up a short distance from the face when a powder shot was fired. A piece of stone from the shot hit and broke the sprag, which let the tub away. They tried to stop it but found it was too heavy for them, and in getting out of the way deceased tripped over the rail and the tub wheel ran against his leg. Blood poisoning set in and the leg was amputated, but he died on March 9th. [More information ...]
						Jones, William, 31 Jan 1887, aged 26, Miner, fall of dogger from roof while filling a tub
						Larder, George, 13 Apr 1881, aged 24, Onsetter, crushed by cage at pit bottom, he attempted to clear away some stone lying at the pit bottom while the cage was descending [More information ...]
						White, William, 28 Aug 1876, aged 61, Fireman, while oiling pumping engine was caught by fly-wheel
						Wilkinson, Matthew, 01 Oct 1886, (accident: 28 Sep 1886), aged 48, Miner, broken leg and other bruises by shot; he went back to it before it had exploded

						7 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
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
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
Contributions by members of the Public
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