	Salter Mine (Iron Ore)	Index	Salter Mine (Iron Ore)

Salter Mine (Iron Ore)

Location:	Salter 5½ miles [9 km] E of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY060169, 54° 32' 19" N, 3° 27' 9" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1870's - Messrs Sherwen, Moore, Brown, and Co.

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!

						Armstrong, Thomas, 05 Jan 1872, aged 38, while in the pit along with another workman at about three o'clock in the morning, he was engaged boring a hole, and during this process a large piece of ore fell upon him from the roof and killed him on the spot, when examined it was found that his thigh was broken, and his skull was fractured, he leaves a wife and family of seven children, who reside in the neighbourhood of Keswick

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

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

Credits

Sources:

Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research