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Spa (Ironstone)
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| Location: | Guisbrough 10½ miles [17 km] ESE of Middlesbrough |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 94) NZ639158, 54° 32' 0" N, 1° 0' 45" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | 1890s - Gjers, Mills & Co. |
| Output: | 1865 - Ironstone. |
| 1873 - Ironstone. | |
| 1882 - Ironstone. | |
| 1883 - Ironstone. | |
| 1884 - Ironstone. | |
| 1888 - Ironstone. | |
| 1890 - Ironstone. | |
| 1894 - Ironstone. | |
| 1896 - Ironstone. | |
| 1900 - Ironstone. | |
| 1902 - Ironstone. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 125 |
| 1890 - 0 [Standing] | |
| 1894 - 69 (59 below, 10 surface) | |
| 1896 - 70 (61 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1900 - 25 (19 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1902 - 31 (25 below, 6 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Spa (Ironstone) |
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| Notes: | 1904 - Mineral exhausted |
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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!
 | Brown, Edward, 28 Aug 1876, aged 25, Labourer, killed by fall of earth while getting ironstone by opencast at crop | |||||
| Croft, Thomas, 30 Oct 1882, aged 35, Miner, fall of a piece of top dogger while baring out a piece of ironstone | |||||
| Edwards, Robert, 10 Jan 1890, aged 37, Miner, a piece of stone fell, knocking out a prop, which struck him on the head | |||||
| Miller, Samuel, 14 Jul 1881, aged 33, Miner, while barrings down stone it drew a prop which struck his head | |||||
| Newall, Charles, 27 Apr 1876, (accident: 16 Mar 1876), aged 30, Miner, severe injury to foot while baring down stone | |||||
| White, Joseph, 07 Jun 1883, aged 27, Miner, fall of ironstone from face of bord while he was filling a tub of stone near to it | |||||
| 6 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 Spa (Ironstone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Spa (Ironstone)
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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
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines 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
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, 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
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- 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
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857) |
| External sites | |
 | Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs |
Further Reading:
- Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
- The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
- Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
Further Research:
Research Notes for Spa (Ironstone)
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