Sandscale (Iron Ore)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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	Sandscale (Iron Ore)	Index	Sandscale (Iron Ore)

Location:	Dalton-in-Furness 3 miles [5 km] N of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD201751, 54° 9' 55" N, 3° 13' 26" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Sandscale Mining Co.
	1890s - Kennedy Brothers Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Iron Ore.
	1883 - Iron ore.
	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Sand.
	1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Sand.
	1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Sand.
	1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite), Sand.
Employment:	1896 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface)
	1900 - 37 (17 below, 20 surface)
	1902 - 28 (17 below, 11 surface)
	1905 - 24 (13 below, 11 surface) [Suspended]
	1910 - 0 [Pumping only]
	1915 - 6 [Pumping only. Suspended Nov. 1915.]
	1921 - 0 [Not worked]
	1923 - 0 [inc. in Askam]
	1924 - 0 [Not worked in 1924]
	1925 - 0 [Not worked in 1925]
	1929 - 0 [Pumping station]
	1930 - 0 [Pumping Station]

None found.

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Greaves, George, 16 May 1901, aged 60, Miner, Deceased and two other men were retimbering an old drift, making it about 6 feet high by 6 feet wide. They were putting in a fork under one end of a headtree, when the side gave way and Greaves was buried. The place was apparently being carefully worked, but the roof and sides consisted of dry gravelly ore which, once let loose, soon filled the place. An official inspection had been made during the shift [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Sleep, Samuel, 20 Nov 1881, aged 45, Sinker, fell from bucket in sinking pit

Warrener, Thomas, 03 Feb 1902, aged 23, Pump Engineman, whilst attempting to tighten a nut on the crank pedestal, with the engine in motion, deceased was caught by the revolving crank

3 names found

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, 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
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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works