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Weatherhill Quarry
| Location: |
Stanhope
14½ miles [23 km] SSE of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87, OL42) NZ003420, 54° 46' 24" N, 1° 59' 40" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1920s - Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. |
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1980s - Hobson Brothers |
| Output: |
1896 - Ganister. |
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1897 - Ganister. |
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1905 - Ganister. |
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1922 - Sandstone. |
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1984 - Silica Sand. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface) |
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1897 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface) |
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1905 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1922 - 0 [Not worked during 1922] |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Weatherhill Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Weatherhill Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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