	Stainton (Iron Ore)	Index	Stainton (Iron Ore)

Stainton (Iron Ore)

Location:	Dalton-in-Furness 3½ miles [6 km] ENE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD251727, 54° 8' 40" N, 3° 8' 48" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Stainton - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
Employment:	1896 - Stainton - 3

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!

						Denny, James, 04 Aug 1859, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]
						Hayton, Thomas, 29 Nov 1855, killed by debris falling down the shaft, left a widow and four children, Buried: Ulverston Churchyard [More information ...]
						Hunter, Edward, 29 Nov 1855, killed by debris falling down the shaft, Buried: Parish Churchyard of Kirkby Ireleth [More information ...]
						Hunter, William, 29 Nov 1855, killed by debris falling down the shaft, Buried: Parish Churchyard of Kirkby Ireleth [More information ...]
						Jackson, Edward, 04 Jul 1857, caught in machinery
						Lee, Joseph, 17 Jan 1874, aged 61, Miner, killed by a fall of ground from the roof
						Pickthall, Henry, 04 Aug 1859, aged 28, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

						7 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Stainton (Iron Ore)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Stainton (Iron Ore)

Credits

Sources:

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
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
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
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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