Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)

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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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	Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)	Index	Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)

Location:	Stanhope 14½ miles [24 km] SSE of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY987412, 54° 45' 56" N, 2° 1' 13" W
Maps:	1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1800's - London Lead Co.
	1880s - W. B. Beaumont
	1890s - Weardale Lead Mining Co. Ltd.
	1910s - Weardale Lead Co. Ltd.
	1940s - Flourspar Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead Ore.
	1884 - Lead Ore.
	1888 - Lead Ore.
	1890 - Lead Ore.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	1900 - Lead Ore.
	1902 - Lead Ore.
	1905 - Lead ore.
	1910 - Lead ore and flour spar.
	1915 - Lead ore and fluor spar.
	1921 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1923 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1924 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1925 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1927 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1929 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1930 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1945 - Fluorspar.
	1950 - Fluorspar.
	1979 - Fluorspar.
	1980 - Fluorspar.
	1983 - Fluorspar.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 0 [Standing]
	1896 - 0 [Standing]
	1900 - 0 [Standing]
	1902 - 0 [Standing]
	1905 - 0 [Not worked]
	1910 - 75 (43 below, 32 surface)
	1915 - 64 (34 below, 30 surface)
	1921 - 28 (14 below, 14 surface)
	1923 - 23 (19 below, 4 surface)
	1924 - 22 (18 below, 4 surface)
	1925 - 21 (17 below, 4 surface)
	1927 - 22 (19 below, 3 surface)
	1929 - 9 (6 below, 3 surface)
	1930 - 12 (8 below, 4 surface)
	1945 - 29 (18 below, 11 surface)
	1950 - 79 (34 below, 45 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)

General view of Stanhopeburn treatment plant

Charlton, John, 15 Jul 1873, aged 17, Labourer, supposed to have got entangled in the rope and drawn into the drum

Gibson, Joseph, 26 Sep 1873, aged 28, Engine Fireman, while strapping an iron ore waggon

Wilkinson, Thomas, 06 Jun 1873, aged 47, Iron Ore Miner, killed by a fall of stone from the roof of the drift

3 names found

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines 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
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
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1983 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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