The Mine Manager and various Officials of Lumpsey Pit.
Standing (L to R): ??, ??, ??, ??, ??.
Seated (L to R): Mr. Clough (Engineer), Mr. Dixon (Manager), ??.
Can anybody name the rest?
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Three men in rather a dangerous position, does anyone know when the minehead gear was replaced? Simons book dates this photo to around 1900 This picture shows work being carried out on the upcast headgear about 1900 which was a wooden construction. It was replaced by a smaller steel structure in 1937. Thank you Simon chapman for this information
A series of photographs showing Lumpsy Mine, in this one we can see the man bending at the front has put the’ sprag ’into the wheel of the tub to stop it moving, the sprags were very heavy. Many of the horse leaders had serious accidents throwing the sprag into the wheel of the moving tub, if they didn’t get it right then it often came back onto their legs, we have to remember tht the mines were not level they had to follow the seam of ironstone up hill and down dale.
I’m puzzled by this image – it’s obviously posed, so was it for a training manual? The ladder on the right looks like a metal ladder, when were they introduced? The loader is wearing a tin hat (safety helmet, bump hat), so it was after the introduction of the safety helmet, but his colleagues don’t appear to be wearing theirs, so it must have been before they became compulsory. Can anybody shed some light on the subject?
The photograph shows the last ”working” day of Huntcliffe Mines, 30th June 1906. The photograph was taken outside the workshops, alas now longer with us. All that remains is the Guibal Fanhouse beside the mineral railway line, towards the cliff edge at the bottom of Warsett Hill. The writing on the door of the wall behind ”Are we downhearted?” is from a song popular at that time, perhaps relevant to the situation! With Simon Chapman’s assistance we can identify some of those present. Back Row: ?? , Mr Stephens (later Cashier at Lumpsey Mine), Ralph Clough (engineer-later at Lumpsey Mine), ?? , ?? , ?? , ??. Middle Row: Jimmy Dower (partially cut off), ??, ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , William Garbutt (baby-later worked at Kilton Mine and one of the first men to drive a locomotive underground and later Miner’s Lodge Secretary), ?? , ?? , Mr Mason (possibly an overman). Front Row: ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? . Any help with other names would be appreciated.  Lumpsey Mine A lovely clear photograph of Lumpsey mine at Brotton. Some ruins of the buildings still remain with the shaft being capped off. |
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