	Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)	Index	Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

Location:

Keswick
19½ miles [31 km] SSW of Carlisle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 90) NY325261, 54° 37' 31" N, 3° 2' 44" W

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1880s - Threlkeld Mining Co.

1890s - Threlkeld Mining Co. Ltd.

1910s - Threlkeld Lead Mines Ltd.

1920s - Marple & Gillott Ltd.

Output:

1882 - Zine Ore, Iron Pyrites.

1883 - Lead ore and zinc ore.

1888 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1890 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1894 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1896 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1900 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1902 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1905 - Lead and zinc ores.

1910 - Lead and zinc ores.

1915 - Lead and zinc ores.

1921 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1923 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1924 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1925 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1927 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore.

1929 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel.

1930 - Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Gravel.

Detailed Mineral Statistics for Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1894	107	76	31
1896	121	86	35
1900	111	82	29
1902	71	42	29
1902	Suspended Oct. 1902
1905	21	14	7
1910	40	24	16
1915	53	32	21
1921	15	6	9
1923	43	22	21
1924	42	23	19
1925	46	27	19
1927	40	26	14
1929	2		2
1929	Closed down 10/28 (Caretakers)
1930	1		1
1930	Closed 10/28 (Caretaker)

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

Notes:

1926, May - Abandoned

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!

						Gill, John, 14 Jan 1897, aged 44, Labourer, Deceased was clearing refuse from a cutting when a loose boulder, weighing about a ton, and which had been embedded amongst the debris, rolled out and caught him. The place had been officially inspected twice during the shift, but nothing dangerous was detected [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: St. John's Churchyard
						Irving, David, 27 Aug 1908, aged 23, Pumpman, his head was caught by the spur wheels, and the presumption is that he was oiling the machinery while in motion
						Millican, Thomas, 12 Jan 1886, Miner, using a squib to fire a shot with; instead of applying his light to the slow match, he ignited the powder in the squib; the shot immediately went off, inflicting injuries from which he died
						Robinson, Joseph, 08 Jan 1908, aged 39, Miner, fall of hanging side in a vein 6 feet wide and partly timbered
						Tabberer, James William, 09 Oct 1903, aged 21, Fitter, While engaged below a locomotive engine, removing the crank pin, a splinter of iron flew and destroyed one of his eyes. He was at once attended by a doctor, who removed the splinter from the eye. The same night he was put under chloroform by two doctors and the eye removed. The operation was nearly over when he collapsed and died.
						Tabberer, John, 27 Jan 1899, (accident: 11 Jan 1899), aged 16, Blacksmiths Apprentice, He was assisting his father to fit a new cast-iron wheel on a shaft. The former was driving in the key when the wheel split and one half fell on deceased's toe. Tetanus supervened and he died on the 27th January [Inspection made & inquest attended]
						Wren, Fletcher, 06 Oct 1906, aged 66, Miner, killed by shot [More information ...]

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Threlkeld (Lead Ore and Zinc)

Credits

Sources:

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) 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
1894 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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), 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
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1927 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