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Buttermere Green Slate Co., Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.

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Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd.


1894

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister
Honister	Honister		37	57
Parrock End	Tilberthwaite		16	17
Yewthwaite Quarry	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister

			53	74

			127


1895

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1895-07-28

Article from Keswick Guardian — "The Fatal Accident at Honister"


1896

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Broad Moss	Tilberthwaite		3	—
Dubb	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister
Honister	Honister		58	47
Parrack End	Tilberthwaite		12	25
Yewthwaite Quarry	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister

			73	72

			145


1897

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Broad Moss	Tilberthwaite		5	2
Styrigg	Tilberthwaite		3	3

			8	5

			13


1899

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Broad Moss	Tilberthwaite		5	1
Dubb	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister
Honister	Honister		62	42
Parrock	Tilberthwaite		14	22
Yewthwaite Quarry	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister

			81	65

			146


1900

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Broad Moss	Tilberthwaite		4	1
Dubb	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister
Honister	Honister		62	50	Includes Dubb and Yewthwaite
Parrock	Tilberthwaite		16	18
Yewthwaite Quarry	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister

			82	69

			151


1902

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister		—	—	inc. in Honister
Honister	Honister		41	61
Original Elterwater	Elterwater		36	26
Parrock	Tilberthwaite		8	—
Yew Craggs	Honister		—	—	Inc. in Honister

			85	87

			172


1905

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Bowder Stone	Borrowdale		—	—	Trial drift. Abandoned
Broad Moss	Tilberthwaite		—	—	Not worked
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		—	—
Honister	Honister, Keswick		40	46
Original Elterwater	Elterwater		32	38
Parrock (Slate)	Tilberthwaite		10	18
Parrock	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		10	17
Yew Crags	Honister, Keswick		—	—

			92	119

			211


1910

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		17	43
High Fellside	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		6	7
Honister	Honister, Keswick		—	—
Original Elterwater	Elterwater		—	—	Not worked
Parrock	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		4	—
Yew Craggs	Honister, Keswick		—	—

			27	50

			77


1915

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		3	2
High Fellside	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		4	5
Honister	Honister, Keswick		6	16
Original	Elterwater		2	—
Parrock	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		2	—
Yew Craggs	Honister, Keswick		3	4

			20	27

			47


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister
High Fellside	Tilberthwaite, Coniston		3	3
Honister	Honister, Keswick		28	28
Quay Foot	Borrowdale		—	—	Not worked
Yew Craggs	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister

			31	31

			62


1922

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Original Elterwater Quarry	Elterwater		8	9
Parrock (Slate)	Tilberthwaite		12	8
Quay Foot Quarry	Borrowdale		1	1

			21	18

			39


1923

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister
High Fellside	near Coniston		6	6
Honister	Honister, Keswick		25	31
Quay Foot	Borrowdale		2	2
Yew Craggs	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister

			33	39

			72


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Dubb	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister
High Fellside	near Coniston		7	10
Honister	Honister, Keswick		38	27
Parrock	near Coniston		3	1
Quay Foot	Borrowdale		4	1
Yew Craggs	Honister, Keswick		—	—	inc. in Honister

			52	39

			91


Sources

1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd Where to find this report
1897 List of Quarries
1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1905 List of Quarries
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report

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