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York Pit (Iron Ore)

Location:	Cleator Moor
Map Ref:
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - Lord Leconfield
Output:	1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1927 - Iron Ore.
	1929 - Iron Ore.
	1930 - Iron Ore.
Employment:	1923 - 8 (7 below, 1 surface)
	1924 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface)
	1925 - 2 (1 below, 1 surface)
	1927 - 14 (12 below, 2 surface)
	1929 - 22 (17 below, 5 surface)
	1930 - 22 (15 below, 7 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

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!

						O'Neill, Daniel, 19 Aug 1927, aged 66, crushed by a fall of roof, death was instantaneous ; address: Queen Street, Cleator Moor

						1 name found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.

Credits

Sources:

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
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research