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	Upsal (Ironstone)	Index	Upsal (Ironstone)

Location:	Middlesbrough 6½ miles [10 km] ESE of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ573173, 54° 32' 51" N, 1° 6' 51" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1910s - Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Ironstone.
	1888 - Ironstone.
	1890 - Ironstone.
	1894 - Ironstone.
	1896 - Ironstone.
	1900 - Ironstone.
	1902 - Ironstone.
	1905 - Ironstone.
	1910 - Ironstone.
	1921 - Ironstone.
	1923 - Ironstone.
	1924 - Ironstone.
	1925 - Ironstone.
	1927 - Ironstone.
Employment:	Year  Pit   Total  Below  Above 1882 Standing 1894 Standing 1896 inc. in Eston 1900 Inc. in Eston 1902 1,015 808 207 1902 Eston, Chaloner, Upsal and Wilton combined 1905 Persons employed included in Eston 1910 Persons employed included in Eston 1921 657 466 191 1921 Eston, Chaloner, Upsal and Wilton combined 1924 inc. in Eston 1925 inc. in Eston 1927 Persons employed inc. in Eston
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Description

The Eston Mines comprise Upsall and Chaloner Pits, both of which are worked by adits; but there are two shafts, 556 ft. deep, at Upsall, one of which is upcast and the other used for pumping and winding men. Upsall pit was opened in 1851, and was the first mine to be worked in Cleveland on an extensive scale. There are two three-stage turbine pumps at the pit bottom, each capable of delivering 1,000 galls. per min. against a head of 300 ft., the rising main being 14 in. dia., the water being delivered to a water level-drift 320 ft. from the surface.

The fan is a double-inlet "Sirocco" of a capacity of 130,000 cub. ft. per min. and is driven by a 100-h.p. motor. An electrically-driven geared winder is used for winding men, the drive being a 100h.p. motor. The main haulage plant at Upsall consists of two 300-h.p. electrically-driven haulage gears, one being installed at the pit bottom and the other being installed at the drift mouth a mile from the shaft.

Iron & Coal Trades Review 1937

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!

						Bailey, Frederick, 10 Sep 1873, aged 19, Driver, crushed by tubs, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 02 Oct 1873 {NBI}
						Beck, John Joseph, 08 Jul 1912, aged 31, Miner, his mate was engaged in barring down a large stone from the top of the face of a jud nearly 14 feet high, and deceased was showing a light fastened to the end of a long pole; the stone came away and knocked a prop out, the end of which struck deceased on the head as he was endeavouring to get clear; the unfortunate man died in hospital a few hours later without regaining consciousness
						Bell, Joseph, 06 Oct 1922, aged 36, Miner
						Brown, Robert, 21 Jul 1876, aged 37, Stoneman, while he was being drawn up a staple I which he was working, a balance weight was allowed to fall on him, about 40 feet
						Chambers, Levi, 25 Jun 1875, aged 40, Miner, crushed by tubs, Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 28 Jun 1875 {NBI}
						Fowler, James W., 07 Feb 1912, aged 31, Miner, he was filling away stone which had burst off the side by pressure, by permission of the deputy, when a large piece fell away from the upper part of the seam on to him; he was severely injured and died in Eston Hospital shortly after admission
						Tripp, Charles, 05 Jan 1877, aged 18, Driver, kicked in stomach by a horse near stables
						7 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

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Credits

Sources:

Related Links:

	On this site
	Newspaper articles
	Article on the discovery of Ironstone in Cleveland (published in 1857)
	External sites
	Cleveland Ironstone Mines web site by Peter Tuffs

Further Reading:

• The Cleveland Ironstone Industry and its Impact on Teesside by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• The Ironstone Mines and Railways of Cleveland and Rosedale by T.E. Rounthwaite, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone by S. Keith Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines by Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Mining Incidents by Simon Chapman, published by Peter Tuffs
• Cleveland Ironstone Mines and Iron Industry by Richard Mead, published by Peter Tuffs