Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore)
| Location: |
Weardale
11½ miles [19 km] E of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 87) NY899431, 54° 47' 0" N, 2° 9' 22" W |
| Maps: |
 1952 map Lead mines of the Northern Dales |
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| Closed: |
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| Pits: |
Shaft details for Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore) |
| Owners: |
1900s - Weardale Lead Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1902 - Lead Ore. |
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1905 - Lead ore and fluor spar. |
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1910 - Lead ore and fluor spar. |
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1915 - Lead ore and fluor spar. |
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1921 - Fluorspar. |
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1923 - Fluorspar. |
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1924 - Fluorspar. |
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1925 - Fluorspar. |
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1950 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar. |
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Detailed Mineral Statistics for Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore) |
| Employment: |
1902 - 23 (11 below, 12 surface) |
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1905 - 44 (31 below, 13 surface) |
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1910 - 17 (13 below, 4 surface) |
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1915 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1921 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1923 - 0 [Not worked since 1918] |
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1924 - 0 [Not worked since 1918] |
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1925 - 0 [Not worked since 1918] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore) |
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!
| | |  | | | | Forster, Thomas, 18 Nov 1904, aged 48, Miner, fall of stone from the side; the stone should have been taken down |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
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| On this site |
| | Extracts from Bargain Books relating to Wolf Cleugh — kindly provided by John Stark |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore)
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