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Sunnyside (Lead Ore)
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| Location: | Wolsingham 14 miles [23 km] WSW of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ055360, 54° 43' 8" N, 1° 54' 51" W |
| Maps: |  1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 10 Jul 1891 |
| Pits: | Bell's Shaft |
| Shaft details for Bell's Shaft |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Wolsingham Lead Co. |
| Output: | 1882 - Lead Ore. |
| 1883 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1884 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1888 - Lead Ore. | |
| 1890 - Lead Ore. | |
| Employment: | 1883 - 1 |
| 1884 - 0 [Standing] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Sunnyside (Lead Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1862 - Abandoned |
1891, 10 Jul - Given up after several years ineffectual attempt to make a profit |
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1891, Jul 10 - Mine given up after several years ineffectual attempt to make a profit |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Halliday, William, 21 Nov 1881, aged 38, Miner, killed by water wheel while knocking ice off from inside the wheel [More information ...] | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sunnyside (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sunnyside (Lead Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, 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
- 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
- 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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