	Wheal Owles (Metalliferous)	Index	Wheal Owles (Metalliferous)

Wheal Owles (Metalliferous)

Location:	St. Just, Penzance 29 miles [47 km] WSW of Truro
Map Ref:	(Sheet 203 Land's End and Isles of Scilly) SW366325, 50° 8' 0" N, 5° 41' 11" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	John Weston and others
Output:	1883 - Tin.
	1885 - Tin.
	1887 - Tin.
Employment:	1883 - 203 (108 below, 95 surface)
	1885 - 130 (70 below, 60 surface)
	1887 - 110 (60 below, 50 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

10th

Jan

1893

Inrush of water from old workings, 20 lives lost (Show Names)

Those entries marked with , signify a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Allen, Thomas, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Batten, William Thomas, 27 Mar 1875, aged 11, Trammer, Fell under the wheels of a tram waggon on a inclined plane, while trying to jump on it when in motion
						Cock, Henry, 15 Jun 1885, aged 60, Timberman, Unexpected fall of ground
						Dale, Peter, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Davey, William, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Eddy, John, 16 Dec 1885, aged 45, Miner, Unexpected fall of ground
						Eddy, William, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Ellis, Thomas, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Genfell, Richard, 03 Dec 1884, aged 21, Miner, Whilst engaged with others drawing up the pit work from a shaft in a part of the mine about to be abandoned, deceased fell away from the 60 to the 70 fathoms level
						Grose, John, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Grose, Thomas, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Lavis, Richard, 03 Apr 1873, aged 46, Trammer, In tipping a waggon, the staple on the tramroad to which a chain from the waggon was fastened broke, the waggon went over the bank and knocked deceased over. He fell 30 feet
						Matthews, David, 06 Apr 1875, aged 33, Filler, Fell down shaft while arranging an iron bar to stop the skip
						Olds, Thomas, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Roberts, William, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Rowe, James, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Taylor, John, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings, brother of Mark [More information ...]
						Taylor, Mark, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings, brother of John [More information ...]
						Thomas, Charles Hitchens, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Thomas, James, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Thomas, William Steven, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Tonkin, Richard, 17 Jan 1877, aged 15, Miner, Washed away by the sea
						Trembath, James Edward, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						White, Edward, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Wilkins, Lewis Blewitt, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Williams, Edward, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]
						Williams, James, 10 Jan 1893, Irruption of water from Old Wheal Drea workings which belong to the same mine. The plan being inaccurate misled the agent as regards the relative position of the workings [More information ...]

						27 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 , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wheal Owles (Metalliferous)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wheal Owles (Metalliferous)

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Cornwall, Devonshire, and part of Somersetshire District by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Cornwall, Devonshire, and part of Somersetshire District by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Devon and Cornwall District by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Devon and Cornwall District by R. J. Frecheville, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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 1885 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4771), published in 1886 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1887 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 5464), published in 1888 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works