Thornthwaite (Lead Ore)

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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	Thornthwaite (Lead Ore)	Index	Thornthwaite (Lead Ore)

Location:	Thornthwaite, Bassenthwaite 16 miles [26 km] ENE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89, 90) NY224258, 54° 37' 17" N, 3° 12' 7" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - F. W. Crewdson
	1900s - Thornthwaite Mines Ltd.
Output:	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.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Thornthwaite (Lead Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 30 (19 below, 11 surface)
	1896 - 42 (26 below, 16 surface)
	1900 - 65 (32 below, 33 surface)
	1902 - 36 (19 below, 17 surface)
	1905 - 103 (75 below, 28 surface)
	1910 - 75 (50 below, 25 surface)
	1915 - 75 (46 below, 29 surface)
	1921 - 16 (6 below, 10 surface) [Suspended]
	1923 - 1 [Abandoned]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Thornthwaite (Lead Ore)

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Brown, Edward, 08 Jan 1889, Miner, fall of roof ; the man and his mate were engaged in putting in a set of timbers in the level, when a fall of roof knocked out another set, burying deceased ; an inspection of this place by an official person had not been made since the previous day

Clark, William, 03 Mar 1909, (accident: 08 Jul 1908), aged 43, Miner, fell from ladders in shaft

Lowden, John, 24 Mar 1909, aged 65, Miner, fell down ore shoot

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1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), 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