	Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)	Index	Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)

Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)

Location:	Hunstanworth, Derwent Valley 11 miles [17 km] S of Hexham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 87) NY950470, 54° 49' 4" N, 2° 4' 40" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1980s - British Steel Corporation
	1980s - Weardale Mining & Processing Ltd.
Output:	1979 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore.
	1980 - Fluorspar, Lead Ore.
	1983 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	1984 - Lead Ore, Fluorspar.
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)

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!

						Charlton, John, 20 Oct 1837, aged 42, Miner, killed by falling of some earth accidentally in the mine

						1 name found

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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.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Whiteheaps (Lead/Fluorspar)

Credits

Sources:

1979 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1980 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1983 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
Contributions by members of the Public