	Southam (Iron Ore)	Index	Southam (Iron Ore)

Southam (Iron Ore)

Location:	Egremont
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:	Dec 1900
Owners:	1880s - Southam Hematite Co. Ltd.
Output:	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Southam (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1888 - 0 [Sinking]
	1890 - 0 [Sinking]
	1894 - 40 (9 below, 31 surface) [Sinking]
	1896 - 43 (21 below, 22 surface)
	1900 - 66 (49 below, 17 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Southam (Iron Ore)
Notes:	1900 - Exhaustion of ore and want of capital for further development

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!

						Burns, Philip, 07 Jul 1899, aged 40, Miner, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Cullen, Patrick, 07 Jul 1899, aged 45, Miner, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Nichol, Richard, 07 Jul 1899, aged 18, Miner's Labourer, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Egremont Cemetery [More information ...]
						Nulty, Dixon, 19 Dec 1894, 8:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 45, Joiner, This accident was the result of a mistake on the part of the engineman, who, when he should have lowered the deceased, raised them until they were crushed against the crown-trees [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Taylor, David, 07 Jul 1899, aged 19, Miner's Labourer, Poisoned by carbonic-oxide gas given off by burning timber [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]
						Wilson, William, 19 Dec 1894, 8:30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 35, Labourer, This accident was the result of a mistake on the part of the engineman, who, when he should have lowered the deceased, raised them until they were crushed against the crown-trees [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

						6 names found

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Credits

Sources:

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
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Headstone(s) in Egremont Cemetery