Settlingstones (Witherite)

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Settlingstones (Witherite)	Index	Settlingstones (Witherite)

Location:

Fourstones
6 miles [10 km] WNW of Hexham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 86, 87) NY849688, 55° 0' 48" N, 2° 14' 10" W

Opened:

1690

Closed:

Apr 1969

Pits:

Ellen Shaft

Frederick Shaft

Shaft details for Frederick Shaft

Gordon Shaft

Winter Shaft

Shaft details for Winter Shaft

Owners:

1880s - F. W. Hall

1890s - Executors of the late F.W. Hall

1910s - Owners of Settlingstones Mines Ltd.

Output:

1860 - Lead.

1865 - Silver, Lead.

1882 - Barytes.

1883 - Barytes.

1888 - Barytes.

1890 - Barytes.

1894 - Barytes.

1896 - Barytes.

1900 - Barytes.

1902 - Barytes.

1905 - Barytes.

1910 - Barytes.

1915 - Barytes.

1921 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1923 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1924 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1925 - Witherite.

1927 - Witherite, Lead Ore.

1929 - Witherite, Lead Ore.

1930 - Witherite, Gravel.

1935 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1936 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1938 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1944 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1945 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1948 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

1950 - Witherite, Lead Ore, Gravel.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Settlingstones (Witherite)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	123	63	60
1896	119	66	53
1900	117	66	51
1902	128	74	54
1905	130	67	63
1910	185	114	71
1915	90	42	48
1921	51	14	37
1923	129	50	79
1924	140	57	83
1925	115	52	63
1927	91	39	52
1929	106	47	59
1930	98	42	56
1935	83	36	47
1936	81	38	43
1938	84	42	42
1944	61	29	32
1945	53	22	31
1948	54	26	28
1950	75	37	38

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Notes:

1872 - Witherite started to be produced

1873 - Lead ceased to be raised

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Settlingstones (Witherite)

None found.

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

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a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Settlingstones (Witherite)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Settlingstones (Witherite)

Witherite fore-end at the 100 fathom level

Witherite fore-end at the 90 fathom level branch vein

Section of cement concrete wall and tub filling chutes at the 100 fathom level

1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, 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
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
1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (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 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

Dodd, George, 28 Dec 1892, 8:00 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 49, Shaftman, Deceased and another man went down the shaft to do some repairs, in the course of which the former got off the fixed scaffold on to a plank lower down, when it broke and he fell to the bottom, He had no right to go on the plank, and could have done his work as easily on the fixed scaffold [Inquest attended]

Henderson, Edward, 12 Feb 1896, aged 38, Miner, The men were preparing to fire, when a mass of stone and ore, weighing several tons, fell and caught deceased. The place had been officially inspected during the shift, but neither the manager nor the men appear to have apprehended any danger. The working place, measuring from the loose stuff on which the men were standing, was not more than 6 ft. or 7 ft. high [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Huckness, John, 10 Apr 1880, aged 53, Miner, failed to get away from a shot being fired in a place approaching and holing into deceased's places

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