	Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)	Index	Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

Location:	Fourstones 6 miles [9 km] WNW of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY854689, 55° 0' 52" N, 2° 13' 42" W
Opened:	1851
Closed:	1898
Pits:	Greyside, locn: (Sheet 87) NY859690
	Shaft details for Greyside
	Stonecroft
Owners:	1880s - Stonecroft & Greyside Mining Co.
	1890s - Thomas Clark
Output:	1882 - Lead Ore.
	1883 - Lead ore and barytes.
	1884 - Lead Ore, Barytes.
	1888 - Lead Ore, Barytes.
	1890 - Lead Ore, Barytes.
	1894 - Lead Ore.
	1896 - Lead Ore.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)
Employment:	1894 - 21 (8 below, 13 surface) [Re-opening]
	1896 - 94 (61 below, 33 surface)
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

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!

						Herdman, Robert, 02 Oct 1878, aged 48, Labourer, fell down shaft
						Jordan, John, 11 Feb 1878, aged 41, Miner, cage went amain in shaft, Buried: Newbrough Churchyard
						Nattrass, Emmanuel, 17 Jan 1896, aged 51, Miner, He descended the shaft to the 60 fathom level, 10 fathoms from the bottom. Having got off the cage he gave the "all clear" signal, when he suddenly appeared to collapse, and fell into the shaft. It transpired that he was subject to fits, and he evidently took one at this time. The shaft was fenced by means of a bar placed across, but at the time of the accident, as too often happens, it was not in position [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Nicholls, Nicholas, 11 Jun 1895, 12:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 22, Miner, fall of stone; although deceased knew the stone was unsound, he recklessly stood underneath it to bore a hole [More information ...]
						Rimmey, Thomas, 19 Feb 1876, (accident: 17 Feb 1876), aged 22, Miner, Supposed ignition of powder by a spark from a pipe while making a squib for a shot
						Wright, John, 19 Jun 1866, aged 47, Buried: Holy Cross Churchyard, Ryton

						6 names found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

Memorial Images:

Credits

Sources:

1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, 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
1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), 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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
Headstone(s) in Churchyard, Newbrough
Headstone(s) in Holy Cross Churchyard, Ryton
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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Research Notes for Stonecroft and Greyside (Lead Ores)

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