Bulletin 12 - Cleveland Mining Heritage Society

EDITORIAL
In t h i s issue we launch the f~rstof our l a r g e r and more detailed
a r t i c l e s o n the Industries of the North East. This s u r v e y covers
one particular site in the Cleveland Ironstone Industry, which
although r a t h e r late in worklng,compared with other local sltes,
w a s In productron in tlme to take 11s place In the hecttc period
of the lBSO's, when the ironstone worked in these m i n e s reached
~ t sp e a k .
I a m hoping t h s ~some of our more extensive s u r v e y will be
p u b l i s h e d i n future editions such ss this and w i l l welcomc an3
that r c d c r s havc completed.
Wishing everyone a very hnpp.v C h r i s t m a s and an "sctivc" New
Y e a r , at Icast zn t h e field of Industrial Archaenlom, coupled
w l t h thr hope t h a t the O p e n A i r M u s e u m at Benmish w ~ l bl e open
for our e n j o y n c n t i n E971.
Articles and c v n l m e n l s , by the end of Jnnunry 1971 to:
-
S. K. Chspmnn,
26 S p r ~ n g f r r l dA V * nuc ,
Drorton ,
S a l t b u r n by 5 c s .
N. York.;. TS17, Z T W
Fublished hy S . H. S m l t h , c / o S u n d e r l a n d Mu.;rurn,Snndcrld~~d.
I-'rintcd h? J.T.5 tokeld & Sons L t d . , Gi~ishnrough
Prlce to m e m b e r s 20 p,, non - m e m b e r s 30 p .
LUMPSEY IRONSTONE MINE
Map refcrcncc NZ 686187
N.A.Chapman
S .A.Chopman
Tntroduction The ext enqlon of t h e M iddlcs borough and G u l ~ b e r o u g hR a i l w a y lnto Eavt
Clcvclond In 1 665, p ~ ~ v et hd e way f o r rhe opening of more ironstone m i n e s ~n the area.
S e v e r a l of t h e s e mknes w e r e owned by Mc.;srs Bell B r o t h e r s , the Tecs-side i r o n m a s t e r s ,
and on 26th April 1880,t h e y began slnkinp t w o slirifts a t a farmstead called Lumpsey,
sltuatcd d u e soutll c f the vlllLqge of Rrotton, and Ivlnp hn the fork urhtre the ab,>ve r n i l - w s ~~
c ~ n er hde branch Ilnr f r o m Sslthurn.
S r n k l n g Uperations
-
Tlxe +haft> urere frftten Iect dirtmeter- and s u n k to a depth of
9L
f,tthonr (564 feet) to rear9 t1lc maln 4eam of ironstone w h l c h herc i r about 8 feet 6 Inches
This u r . s ccrnpletcd bv 3rd U c v e m h e r 18131.
thick.
w a t e r , a m o u n t i n g to nbout
Durinq thic t l m e w v e r a l feeders of
1,71H)gallons p e r minute, w e r e p a s s e d throuch and nearby 60
t + t h n m s of r u b t n n ~w e r e p u t i n .
The tubbine d e t a i l s are
R+
F o l l n w ~ :-
1 . A t G f s t l ~ c r n +3 Feet ~ h cw o l l l n ~n n d r i n g crlh.
2. At 16
"
2 " cinglc c r ~ h s20" x 6" Intd, h u t Faller1 to hold the w a t e r , 403 gallons
per m m u t c
,7.ht27
3 " single r r i h 20" x 6" held thr w a t e r
.
4.At34
5.
6.
At
37
"
3 "
"
U
~ln~lecrib20"rb"pr~v~dh~d.
4th double c r ~ bI d ~ dP t h l ~stopped L()[) gallons.
5 '' 5 t h double c n l l laid, 22" X 6" arid 20" X 6".
"
At 51
"
i . At 55 '
0 " 6th double c r i b I n i d , 22" K 6" and 22" x h".
Relow th~scarnc the Alum Shale o r Uppcr Llos and the Jrt R o c k , w h l c h h e ~ n gnf a soft
mpervicus nature contalncd no w a f e r , hut much ~ n f i n m m o b t eQ R S
The crihhlng i r shown in delall i n sketch A . The r l n g crxb, fiqure 1 , 1 5 ahout L'7t"
a c r o s s t h e m n c r arc and. h a s n ring or gutter (a) to c o l t ~ c tdny watcr that may run down
the w a l l s of t h e +hafr. It rs 1:" thick all o v e r . F ~ g u r c3 r h o w s n begment of one of the three
slngle c r t b s . Flgure 4 i s o s e r t i o n t h r o u g h o n 11ne A-B. A section throuqh one o f the three
bottom dcuble c r ~ b slr ~ h o w nIn fiqure 5 , t h e top one belnq 22" wrde and the bottom one 20";
the p1 an be ~ n gt h e same for a11 * \hewn m r i e u r e 3. Horh the double nnd slnglc c r l b q have
.
escape valves (c),flqurcs
3 5 , ro
release t h c n i r as
TI
escapes from t h e back o r t h e tubbing.
W h e r e thc double t u b h ~ n gis used thc rop cGib lras s m p l y R hole cast in lt t o nllow t h e
projectmq p a r t of t h c bottom 'to p a s s throuqh it. T h e tubhing 1 s shown I n flqures 6 & 7 .
The tubblng of the flrst 20 fathoms i s 314" th~ck;thc second 20 rs
thick; and ttie last 20
1" Thick. Every segment of tubblng has a hole (X) rn r t s c e n t r e , htted with a wooden plug
w h ~ c hcan bc bored o u t whcn i t i s desired t o tap the tubbing.
w a s round to l a y the v a r i o u s c r i b s thc cliamct P T of the shnft w a s
sujtoblc
widrlled o u t iittd the hcd ~ a r ~ I c~v e lul e d~ a l l r o~u n d . The s e g m e n t s wcre t h e n plztccd i n
When
p o s i t i o n on t l ~ cs t o n e , hctwccn e n c l ~s e j i m e n t a p i e c e of
f '' d e a l s h e e t i n g
w a s p l a c e d and
p i c i s . 5 of d c a l w e r e carefully p o c k c d . A s s o o n a s t h e whole uras Inid ir w a s wed-
trehir
-gcd 1.ipht Ily d r i v i n g In w o c d r n wedqe.: Loth he!iirid afirl ~n t h e joint. Tlie t u b b i n s w a s
wcd.qed i n a s i m i l ; a r m a n n e r . F i g u r e J , s k e t c h (b3 s l ~ u w s]IOW the ~ u b b i n gw a s finrsl~ed
o f f at ~ l hotrom
~ e
X ~ ~ C Ti P
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last row (h) had bcth t e p
The l a s t r-ow b u t on.e of rubbiny
11nd p o c k e t s cssr ir, i t to support rhe
c l l d s cf the w r o u g h t girder!: ( c ) , F~gurc2 , w h i c h supported thc c i s t c r n a n d t h e wholc
w e i g h t of tlir 11umps n , h ~ c hw e r e plnccd w ~ : h i n r ! ~ e r n . T h i s rrw of t u h h ~ n ga g a i n r e s l e d
:
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i,
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+
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CO
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IF
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l.>cinq Fircd r l u r i n ~rhc qinkine, cf t h c upc;tst s h a f t . Spoi! w a s r e m o v e d bv
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n .qhort i n t c r v n l
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Ilnrd s u r f a c e .
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r n r r j r d lwri t!ibs ~ i l r : E ~o r e i g i > t t ~I ~~ ~Ci I~.~I '.t 1 ~t m o cdjir'i r a n i n < u i f I c s s c t i n thc s h a f t . TIIE'C
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<ha t't i a l l c d " i x l n t i n g s " .
l > l i t ~ r <l l~ yan e l e r n - ~ cu v i d e l - i n 1'122, lt
111~- F ~ * r r n e r .
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T h i r t h e n 1 1 ~ dt o lie rcn-
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to I f o o t
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o f a i n ~ i l ; ~si7e
r
h e l d by a chain a t e a c h c o r n e r . T h e mcn w o r k i n g on t h i s each w o r e a stronx
-idea to attach a n o l d w ~ n d i n grape From t h e b o t t o m of one cage t o the b c t t o m of the o t h e r
and s o h e l p ro c o u n r s r b s l a n c e the cages by i t s weight. The old w i n d r n g r o p e uscd c ~ m fer o m
P i n g c l a l e M i n e . The e n d s w e r e n t ~ a c h e dt o the c a g e s h! a e w l u e l s o c k e t 9 0 t h a t 2 s t l ~ cc a p e 5
w e n t up and d o w n , t h e rope w o u l d f r e e l y t u r n and s o no: t w i s t i t s e l f .
l c ~ t h e rl ~ a r n c s snn t n c h e d to t h e p l a t f o r m by m e a n s of a c h a i n , a s s s a f e t y p r e c a u r i - o n . T h i s
The mtun s h a f t w a s d e e p e n e d bv atlout 60 r e c t For t l i i r rope 10 hang I n . Thts W , I 5 sunk
b e t w e e n 1922124 r h r o u g h s o l i d r o c k urithout i n t e r r u p t i n g the f l o w cf p r o d u c t i o n . I t W n
a c l u e v e d b? drilling s e v c r s l v e r t l c a l I i o l c ~In ? t n q e - , then c h d r g i n g and f i r i n q them.
T h e s e w e r e f i r e d e l e c T r l c a l l v , and a t e a c h flrlng t h c c a g e s w e r e +topper1 a t t h r l a n d i n c h .
platfcrm
w o . ~r s i s c d
tq' a h o r s e g i n , w l u c h
1925.
73 Tect,high. T h i s w a s b e c a u s e the pump
uras d i s m a n t l e d i n
T h e rimben- headgear over t h i s s h a f t w a s about
s p e a r s i n t h c s h a f t were In l o n g s e c t i o n s and if o n e b r o k e it hacl to bc h a u l e d up i n t o t h e
Ihcad_cc.~rt o b e replaced.
Fcr t l l i s erurposf
r? r m a l l c r a b e n g i n e w a s
used,sresm driven, and rlus w a s s i t u a t e d a l o n g -
5idc tile purnplrlg e n p i n c o n thc s u r f a c e . The rope f r o m this engine w e n t a r o u n d n p11lIcy
. , l he b s s c of the
h c a d g r s r , up nltd o v e r a n o t h e r one a t t h e t o p , t h e n d o w n t h e s h a f t . T h i s
T h i s e x t e n q i o n of t h e s h a f t n n s l n t e r b r i c k l i n e d .
cr+,t,c n ~ i n cw a s r e m o v e d m 1925 w h e n the s u r f a c e pumping e n g i n e was d e m o l i s h e d .
Ever) ddy the .;h& w a s exrlmincd Ijy t h e S h a f r = m n n , u ~ h na l s c ~ 1 1 ~ p r l c ttchdc pump r r ~ m .
lie s a t o n top of the cage to w h i c h h e w n + s e c u r ~ held
l ~ b% X h a r n e q q . The c i t ~ cw a s
I n 1 :37
s l o w 1 l o w e r c d t o t h e b o t t o m , then r ~ l s c c for
l
h m tc look o v e r t l j r s t ~ , t f ll l r u n q oni! timber
w o r k . At t h e yarnc t i m e t h e E o r e m n n b l a c k + r n ~ t hs ~ c o r ~
l t th e
S
h a f t top and ~ n + p t . c r c dthe
rlli.
!~en.c'.<car\vs5 r e - b u i l t In steel 2nd
.
R
rmnll cnge
running 111 w l r e
g u i d e s uras
in? In l l c d t o r e p I o c P t h e k i l ~ b l c About t h i s t i m e t h e massive t i m b e r doors directly over rhe
t o p c f tilt, .haft w c r c r e p l a c e d by ,reel door S
.
In n small b r l c k Ican- to agnrnst t l ~ ep u m p
housk= w c r c k c p t the. r h n l t s m n n ' s t o o l 5 snd a spare k i h h l e w a s a l s o s t o r e d n e a r t h i s
slrafr
r~-p.
Thece had t o hc k c p t w c l l q r e a s e d rc k e e p (llcm s u p p l c find r u ~ t - p r o u l .
Thcy w c r e 1 ; " d t n m e t e r and c h a n s e d about once e v e r y c r q h t c e n m o n t h < .
About 70 f e e t d o w n t h e s h a f t w a s a & m a l l pump hcusc wlth a reservoir. Thc s h , d t above
dr-ivcq m;jcl~lnc.~-?;
w o r k i n g an e ~ ~ d l c rope
ss
s y s t e m w h i c h w e n t down the s h d t i n t o Ll~em i n e .
Lhla houce
This provirlc:l power fot- t l m~a i ~
n c n c l l c s a r o p e h a u l a g e s y ~ r e mw h i c h s t r e t c h e d s o u t h cil5lcrly
w l n r l i r ~ gr o p c r .
WRS
w a r e r p r o c f e d l)?
J.
l a v e r of t u b b ~ n gh ~ l l l n dthe h r i c k w a ? - k .
I'nb m o d e r!lp
7-v I h e 17~xrtho r ~ h dc c w n c a s i .;l~aft s t o o d t h c I i s u l a g e engine 11rsuse u'hich c o n t a l n c d t h e s t f 3 m
w d t c s f r o m the layer o f r o c k k n o u ~ lds t h e " F r e e & t o n e 8collect
'
i n thc r c s c r v o l r , and
[rc~rn t h e s l ~ o F tllottom For nt l e a r t n mitt.. T h i s r o p e s y s t c n d o v n the shaft w a 5 a l s o c a r r i e d
From t h e r e 11 w a s purnpcrl t o the s u r f n c c hv a < n L t l le l c r t t - l r pumr2 c o n 1 m l l p . J
t l ~ r o u ~hp
h rn,~rltinjis t c work . s c v c r s l s m s 1 1 purt8pinR c n g i r l c s .
q u r f n c ~ . Tlus r r c e s t o ~ i ewirer
WAS
irerrl
thc
pl~rrlpcrli n t o .;forage l a n k $ h r h i n d t h c x i n d i n q h o u + e
;2trpnr E'!l)i\
c l c c t r i c clrivcn hnul:ipt> w a s p r o c ~ d c du n d e r ~ r r u n dand t h e s u r f a c c k n n l n j i ~.~y\tfr?l
.
s nc dcmollsl~cd
dnd used fot- w n % h ~ n hg o r s c s , c l c o n m q + t n h l e s and r l r r n k i ~ ~ q .
Thc purn p i rig , ~ r r n n ~ e r n e n tws c r c t h n t s m a l l Ftmips i n the w o r k i n g s pr~rnped
Upca st S h a f t
T h e N o . Z S l l s f t u r a c used f o r v c . n r l l a ~ l o n ,pumpin<, and f o r e v n c t r a t i o n
10
h o r i z o n t ~ l5tc;rrrl c r ~ g i n cwo1-king s l o n g r o d to ,+nd f r o , U J I I I C ~ t h r o u q h
c a s e of emcrgcncy. A t the rop ~yfrtie str;lFt an c n c l o ~ c dp n s s n j i r c r n n e c l c d i t with t h e fnn
Tthr i > l n t ~ rc o l ~ s i r r c dor
house. A i r w a s sucked our of tile rilinc via thi..;
l u f o CLISI i r o n q u ~ d . r ; ~ r ~ tws n, r k e r l 1%-o scls o f v e r t i c n l
rllaft Trvnl a r o u n d the w o r - k i n ~ <a n d so
e r nl c n q pipc =
nnd cl~;lnrir?lr(c t h e ~~~~~~t ~ I ~ o brrtarn
ft
w l l c r e t h e s u r f o r c pumps b r o y h t it np to r h r sljrFnce.
B
rod.; o r " 5 p e n r s " s t r c t c h i n ~t h e f11ll
canscd f r e s h a i r t o descend t h c d o w n c a r t slinfr. T h i s n c c c s s i t n t e d a n a i r lock at the
cjcptl~cr ~ I I P s l r n h . ~l'l~.c.;cw e r e u s e d ro o p c t - a t c p u m p s a t t h c shaft llot tom w h i c h forced t l j e
=urEace no t l ~ a tentry to t h e .;Itaft could bc p a i n e d whilht t h e fa11 w a s runninw,, rhu.; n n
wnrfr into
a i r c c u l d e n t e r nr rhis point t h c r e b y -5hoi-t c i r c u i t i n f i the f l o w of n l r t t l r o ~ g lthc
~ work-
~ h ul>cs5t
c
s h a f t t l ~ c y+urrnunded h! much t i m b e r w r r k t o keep t h e s h a f t a i r t i g h t .
- i n ~ ~ .
-flhis pumping s y s t e m wo.s u s e d f r o m the o p c n i n f i of tllc nlirie s o d w a s i n c r e a s e d in q i z e i n
fi
r . i % i n q main w h l c l ~Ibrcughl L! Ic !11c s u r f ' a c e . A 9 L l i ~ s cs p e ? r k w e r ? l e c a t e d in
F o r 5 h a f t i n s p c c t L o n o n o p e n b u c k e t o r k ~ b b l cw a s k e p ~t h e r e . T h i s w a s l a r q e e ~ i o ~ k g l ~
1003, by e q u i p p i n g it u.ith
t o c a r r y two m e n at
-was rrlovrd K,r>!rrrl_v
undc~r.jiround 111
d
Limp. They s a t a s t r l d r o p p o s i t e + i d e s of rlir k l h b l c holdlnf o n b j
3
D s v c y D i i T ~ 5 r t l a lCompound E r l g i n e , which w o r k e d until pumping
11125. At r h i s date electric t u r b i n c pumps w c r c i n s t 8 t 1 ~ r l .
so e n r h man use41 a l e q t o p u s h against t h c
s h a h w a l l i f t h e k ~ h t ~ swunp,
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about tn t h e s b d t t .
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!l>@ p r c i l s c p l ~ c cIn v h i c h to 5 t o p t h e d r u m . A b c l l r i l n R urhcn thc cage r c s c h c c l t h e landing.;.
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r o l l showed t h e n u m l j c r of r u n s and ~pproximntetyt h e l l m c o r cnch.
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when a r r i v i n g a t t h e l a n d i n g s . G o v e r i ~ o rw~e r e a l s o n s c d t o c c n r r o l t h e . + p ~ e of
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w i n d i n g , and f o s t o p rlke gear a u t o m a t i c a l l y in the e v e n t o f 311 overwind.
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i c f t h a n d s i d e , r h i t ; l e v e r c o n t r c l l c d t ! ~ cspeed o f r l w d r u m . C ~ J hL i s r i p h t w a 5 o 11nnd':)-;~kc. 111
If t h e powcr-
f r o n t w a s a n i n v e r t e d " L " s h a p e d n:cti\l t u b c w!lich u.ns r h c f m e r g e n c v cut-orF.
d l d n o t c u t - n r r w h e n r c q u i r e d rlw erlglrlcman brought h i s root <m;lrtl,v up a n d t h ~ - o u g ! >: i l l s "U"
s h a p e , knnc king lhc top cff. T h i . ~d1-ivli-1~p l ~foriii
l
w a s +U]-rounded 115and was roofed and
w;i?
l o r a c gins c
m
lndc~vs
c n t c r c d from t h e r e a l - .
C h t h e r o c f of t h e w i n d i n g Z J U U ~ P
\V:IS
lie m i m c b u z x c r . I t wn.: ;nunde<l ; ~ the
t
s t n r r nnrl end of
s h i f t s and a l s o a t l w c l v c mirlnight o n N e w Y e a r ' < EVP t o t ~ r i n f i n t l > ~S r w Yeitr.
+
S c c o n d r r r itrinder a n d Far1 l l c u s c
This -was n 5rn;lll h1.11lcI~nfi
t o rhe lic~rir!~
c f Y,>.I s h s r l . f i c l'vrc 1.772 t h i . ~h a d o c?e<lrnd r i v e n
enfiine,
hllr n l tllirl
t y p ~c o n s i s t i n g of
d ~ t Ieh c c l c c l r i c w i n d c r u.35 i n s t n l l r d .
;
I
l !IF \v~n(lir[rqg e a r w a s or n s i r n p l r
d r u m d r i v e n br, rl 6 ( ' 11.p. M r t r o - V i c k c r s cyq1r.e t h r o u g h b:enrli1c.
1 0 2 5 t!lis b u i l d l n ~w a s a l s o i h c c n ~ i n chouse f o r t h e s t e a m d r l v e n G a i b a l F;in with
cliiinncy u p whiclr r!~e a i r woc e x p f l l f r l . F r v m 111~s i d c o r flle f a n houce r a n
d o w n below grtluiid l e v r l In It!?
hol13e \\<as b u i l t
, SCE
d11
B
Hcforc
Lnrgr
cncloscd passage
s h a f t . Thts F;ln h o u s e w a s d r r r r ~ l i i l ~ ?idn 1925 ivl1cn n n e w f a n
qketrh F .
T h e n e w f a n h c r l s c c c n t o i n c d a n e l c r t r i r n l l y d r i v e n lf'r~dr-llcF ; . I ~ . T h i s f ~ wn a s o s i n ~ 1 ei n l e t
l/.$"
Fnn d r i v e n t h ~ o i t ~ir hH(:ndr.v I a n i i n ~ t c c lhclt by n 7 0 / 9 h . h . p . ,
p r l e - c h a n g i n g motor with auto tr;in.;formt.r s t a r 1
~ w o - ~ p c csdq u i r r c l cnjie
T h ~ sFou c o u l d d e l i v e r
c!(;
,I)(.',l.: c ~ r h i c
f e e t o f a i r per ~ n i r i u l c . This u r n s a s p e c i a l f a n house in t h ~ r11e
t
I'nel c o u l d be changed to h l o ~
~ i into
r
t h e r n - i ~ ~i nr s r ~ a c io l ' d r a w i n g i t out. T o clc c h i ~n I n r e p u o c d r n d o o r wn-i d r n w n ncro+.;
1.11~
lfncc
cl't h c f h n , a n d a n o r l w r o n e in lhc, r o o r w a i opcnccl. When t h fdn
~
w a s d s n w n in t l ~ r o u g i irhc h o l e i n
d n c r ~ n d s. o dourn t h e ~ 1 1 8 f t . T l ~ i smctlrcrl w a s to Ilc w e d ni~l,v1.n
Boiler.:
The
boiler-
wiis
rr:-.ctartcd
air
thc r-oof nnd s e n t thror~glltllc s i d c paspage, by-pnrsinc t h e
;+rl
emcrgcncy.
p l a n t Fornlcrl:, s t o o d ru t l ~ cn o r t h of t h e dowrrcast stlnrt and t h e o r q i n a l
b o i l e r s w o r k e d n t o b u u t LOlbs per sq. in. A houL 1906 a mcw l > o i I ~pr l a n t w a s c o n s ~ r l r c t e d
n e a r rlte N o . 2
chd
e t , the o l d e r b o i l ~ r cbe in^ d i s m a n t l e d and t h c c h m n c y Felled In 1907. These
new b o i l c r s O F rhc l - n n c n s h ~ r etypc, w o r k c d at LLO Ibs per sq.kn.
The n e w r a n g e of Ihree
S o i l c r fl n n t
Fpr. t h e '>olleri J cc:il d ~ . ~ r' ix~r ?: ~l:~ u i l t~ c ; , Jthl.
-
> U h-\t:.:il~!~ ,,I-
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l.
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w c r p pu>lied A I P I I , ~ a r ~ ~ I \lin1:
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t h e c t o r e h o u ~ c, i n ~ ltkt- st;thlc~.; . !'he
a n d p i l e d b e n e n t h t h c q t 2 q f n ~ .T r
T h i s h c i l e r 1-)Inn1
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Tlli.: wn.: con5:ruc:cd
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I'cr- ,~l,.cit'~~.:;lr l r l l l ~ n cm ; l ~ - : ~ i n c +
c ~ v c t -
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i\',c.;-?-- I r ' n r ~ I V ~ Y . . ? ~ , B
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l
Ccnd~nw=r
H!
! h e i n a i n u , i n d i n g kcust. sjlocd a cr7rllct-, aTjcut :U
r c ~ 'ti ~ g 1 1and 171nr3f ef wood.
T l ~ cr p c r - J ~ I I I Q
p r i n c l p l p w i l ~t h a t the exbnust p t c n m w , i s F L ~ 1!1
~ I r r u f i h n cr>riden.;cr a f t c r trcalrrirvr Ic s r m c v c v i l .
The conrlcnscrl w s t r r
way
t h e n fed b a r k t o t h c l ~ o i l r r j .T l ! r c c c l ~ n o _n w n t
a s e l w r n t e Fysrem o w ~ t c sw h i c h
t o w c r to the c o n d e n s e s .
w;i s
ill
r t ~ ct-cndcrl.;cr w1.s
I)us>l>rdf v o m rhe I-s.;crvc.ir- a t the b a s c ol' !l~r*i o c l i n g
Here i t become h o t
3.q
~t c n n ( l c n p c r l t i ~ ce ~ , ~ i : l r ~ btParn,
.\t
n,il';
nn45ed t~ tile
t o p cf t h e c o o l i n g towcr and c x u s c d to h r ~ a ku p i n r c !hr>u.crlnd.: rf d r o p l e t s a s l t rcll t h r o u g h n
5 i n side t h e t o w e r . T h c cold w r i t e r
a t t h e h a w . The cooler w a s rlismstbtIrrT I n 192%.
n c t w o r k cf wcndcn I r d
WJ
s 1licr1 c o l l e c r e d in t h e r - f s e r v o r
Offices
Clpposlte t h c s u t ) - s l a t t o n w c r r t h e o l ' f ~ r e s . P n rht. qrouud n o o r w r r p t h e q c n c r j 1 clffice.; w h r r c
!he minc ,rccoltnt_s w c r c recorded and b r n i i ~ h tu p t o d a t e , and t h e par. office. Hefore each s t l ~ f t
t h e m i n e r + c n l l e d a t t h l s office ontl w c r e
~ t .A t
given n
s m a l l wooden b o a r r l u ~ t htheir ouJn n u n l h ~ ron
the end of he s h i f t t h r y r e t u r n e d t h c + c hcnrd. t o t h c ~ r f ~ c .rl '.h ~ sc n a t ~ l r da check to he
k e p t of w h o m w a s i n s i d c the m i n c rind I n c a k e o r a c c l d c n ~l t
w?s
poq?ihlc to tell who
w a s rn~s~;lng,
On rlle E l r s t n o o r w e r e t h e oIficc L uf the m lne rtlanager s n d u n d e r n>aiI,aqer.
The Long room b e h i n d thc paN offlce hou-rrl t h e h c r v E i r ~ w nn m b u l a n c c
. Refore t h ~ sn t w o %keeled
handcart w r ~ su s e d to transport dead o r l n l u r e d men to the CIevcland Cottage H o s p i t a l in
Brptton. Thls R o s p ~ t n lurns bullt
miner*
lir
.
l$iL h? M e s s r s Bell B r o t h e r s for their mmers The
paid turopencc p c r m a n , p c r w e c k , towards paying for a dcctor and the up-keep
cf thc l l a s p i t ~ l .In 1 0 3 ' n small r w n r o r m e d f i r s t aid post w a s built opposite t h e sub-station.
Storchnuse
-nchlnd thc tnrnc offlccc 5tood the s t o r e s . H c r c cqurpment and s p a r e s fcr the general. running
of tllr m i n e w c r c kc, pt. Thcrc w a s alsc two 5rort.s for l a m p oil end i n l a t e r dxys d i e s e l c i l for
the l o c @ n ? ~ t i Sv.c
Acres s t h e r a i l w n j - .~idingsfrom ?Ihe stcrehcuse s w e r e the s u r f a c e stables with p r o v e n d e r house
n t . > o v ~ .Thc
s r ; ~hlr5 hnd stn115 f o r six h o r s c s and a r o c m for their g e a r . Two loose b o x e ~w e r e
p r c v i d r d f o r sick o r injured horses. The horses w e r e u s e d on g e n e r n l haulage about the s u r f a c e
3 woodcn roof w i t h opcn side S , t h i s heing the car1 s h c d
T l ~ cupper q?orcy c o o i i r c ted t o t h e ground bv an inc.lined u:onden gangurny on t h e north side
01 ~ t t~~ lci l r l m o ,W:IL. u'ied to s t o r e feed.
C n thc w c s t s idtl of rhe buiLdi3.q~was
.
T l ~ c1rw.r-e feed w a s prcparcd at Mcssrs Hell Hrothers "Chop House" at Skelton P a r k Mirw
nnd d c s p a t
C1 IlM N E Y S , CCNDENSER ,COOLING TO\\fF.IK,HEADGEAR about 1907
~ l to
d t t 7 ~ 1 . r v i l r i n u ~mines.
\\:crk5 hops
Thepp wt'rc all in
DnF
L l ~ c ktogcthcr. The blacksmith's
was
t l ~ cl a r g e s t of the t h r c c . I t was
divided i n t o t h s e ~mrrms, t h e n o r t h e r n r o o m adloi,ning the joiners beinfi the blork.;mith'?
proper. I i hnd nbout four f i r e s i n i t , and nbout the same n u m b e r of anvils. Joined t~ i t ?
A
s o u t h e r n cnri was t h e stemming housc, w h c r c clny w a s rnarlc into r o l l s For u s e by
A
"P
t:ir i n i n e r r ; .
F , q r l ~ e rt h e .remminp, house uros in the old farmhouse that used t o stand at L u m p s c y . Around
rhc insic!? cf the w a l l s or this rcom r a n
il
pipe with l a r g e m e t a l plate.: o n top of i t . Smoke and
rumes f r o m two fires were led through the pipe, l a t e r steam w a s used. T h e r o l l s of clay wcrc
~ ' n t on these metal plates to dry. The men w c r c p a i d 2/2d p e r day for rolling c1a.y. A houf 1920
the third room w a s added t o the sour11 of r h e stemming honse.
r l ~ room
i~
contained t h r e e fires
mtd nnv1l9. The Irrst room mentioned and thc l a s t one n-crc nscd for tub repelrlng, tool nlaklng
..
-
_-
Yr.".
- .
-.
..- , . .. . + ,
'
C
I
-, ,-
.
'
and g e n e r a l m-ork. The c e n t r e r o o m had a p o w e r driven grindstone in -Pt. Clay w a q still rolled
1n ane c o r n e r of the ~ a u t h c r nr o o m and d r r c d in metal cupboards hchinrl the h e S . These r1re5
wt-re or firlck w ~ t hmetal lloods, cne F~rehavlng R metal c h ~ m n e y .In n small brick lean-to
ngdinst the c a s t wall or thc blacksmith's was an ~ I c c t r i c a l l ydrlvcn pump which Forced alr
rhrcuqh p l p e c to the fires In o r d e r rc c r e a t e a draught a n d m a k e t h e m burn hotter.
Tn the blacksmith's, tools wcrc ~ 1 1 a 3and
c sharpened. Many of the d r i l l s used in the mlne w e r e
m a d e t h c r c , and at onc timc, when MESSTSB c l l B r o t h e r s still owned the m i n e , all tools w c r c
marked with "B. B. " T h e r e g u l a r \work w a s dr1l.l s h a r p e n ~ n gand machinery repalr S o m e
equipment Por the h n r s c s w a s made and rcpnircd t h e r c , but i t w a s mainly for the f e w surfacc
h o r s e s . Thcre w e r e two blacksmzrh's s1iops underground For t h e others.
.
IIETATLS OF HEAIIGITAR ETC.
20
1 Q3h
rhc f ~ t t c r snnd c d r p c n t e r s s h o p s \trerc w h c r c thc c a r p e n t r y FP
t h e m i n e w a 5 c d r r i e d out.
T u b b a s e s w e r e made a n d assembled w h i l s t wood et^ baulks a n d plLlnks f o r u s e both above
and below ground were s l ~ a p e d .Almost all r e p a i r work a n d t o o l s f o r t h e mlne w e r e m a d e In t h e
w o r k s h o p s d e s c r i b e d . Thc j o i n e r < nlco d i d r c p . l l r w o r k t c thc houscs owned by the Cornpan>
i n Brctton and C a r l l n I4ow.
m a m b u r l d m g s %ere the englrirers and shdftsrn,tn's o r r ~ c e s . Rehlnd t h c m w a c n
small r o o m w ~ t hr a t l w a ~t r a c k s 131d ~n the f l o o r . Thls u f n s U-ed l a t t e r l y ns a diesel loccm- o t ~ v erenalr shop.
U n d e r n woodcn l e a n - t o shed a g a l n s t t h e wnrks!lops w a s t h c 5ci% -m111. In here t r e e t r u n k s
of l a r c h and Norwav spruce were s a w n l n t o props sixteen f e e t l o i ~ go r s h o r t e r a s r e q u ~ r e d .
The n c x t t w o
B a u l k s of t i m b e r of square s c c t l o n and planks mere n l q o shapct?. In t h c space b c t w e e n t h e
the saw-m111 and the b l a c k s r n l t h ' s w a s a pug mill. S h a l e ,Cl,rv ;in3 w a t e r w a s m i x e d to mdkc t h e
c l q nsed t o m a k e the c f e m m i n R s i n t h e + t e m m l n q r o o m .
The a r c a m m e d i n t c l y south and urcs t 01. tFlc l ) l a ~ k s r n i ~III ~W' 9 5 t h p~l t yard. Here t!le ckmber for
UIRC
+tacked o n n r r ~ v n ~
l t rub.,
d
f o r r c p 3 i r w e r e plrked h e r e . H c r c a190 a a s a
l a r g e w o o d c n p l a t f o r m painted w i t h thc c o r r e c t guaqc of t r d c k Ior u s e underground. New
r h ~ splntfcrm t o checlc i f t h e y w e r e mode correctly.
s e t s of potnfv and t r a c k u p w e placed
U sc
n1 t h e mlne
In r r o n t of thc m o l n w i n d i n < hon.;c w c r e two e r n ~ l lbu,ulldlnqs. Thc onc ?cares1 10 ~t w a s
s m a l l p u m p house uqed tc pump w a t e r tc the c t r r n v c tqnk + . Thew t a n k s s t o o d o p p o s i t c
;r
rhe w i n d e r Iinuse d n t l thf s u b - s ~ d t l o n .
Thc o t h e r bulldtnq w a s the l a m p c n b l n . I t h a d r o c k - i n it o n uhrch thc c a p l a m p s wcrc rcrlie < a f ~ t y1aml)s m e r e re-fitted a n d k e p t h e r e . A t t l ~ c-tart of a shift a mlner went
charged.
t o thc p d j orflcc to c o l l c c t h16 t o k c n , t h c r ~to t h r l a m p
t h e h e n p c r e n d were just n e a r b y
T h c stone uscrl to bc taken
L I W L ~
50
c d hlrl
Fur 111s lamp. The step+ lnto
hc c l i m b e d t h c m and \ w ~ i t c dTor h ~ cage.
s
In s t a n d clrrl
~ ~ I U SS C
~ S R O IF.I
ut later larger steel wagons w e r e used. T h e emptv
rrern t e n to i w e n t y ton5 c a p n c ~ t y ,
w n j i o r . 5 were
stored i n s i d i n g s t o t h e
n o r t h of thc h e a p s t e a d and wcrc p r a v i t ~ t c dd o w n through thc l o c d r n g hdy to the f ~ r l ls ~ d l n g s
t o the south of the h e a p s t e ~ d .T o th? n o r t l ~ol the- heopsre,>d w a s t h e wpighbridqe for weighmt!
the r a i l w a y t r u c k s . All the .;tone wnq t a k e n to thc works of M C L I SD
~eSl l B r o t h e r s at P o r t
Clarcnce.
There werc two powder rnfiparmes. One w a s In n f i e l d 5 ~ 1 1 t hof thc mine tlp and thc other w a s
u s e d For I;lrger nmount-
of expl osrve a n d I9ullt i n t o t h c
for thew powder and t o o k rhis i n t o rhe m i n e x i
General
The u ~ u a sl h i f t w n s f r o m 6a.m.
5lb
came m 5611) w o c r l e ~ )
the smaller maga7ine
m l q c t ~ p .Powdcr
bcxeq known by the m m e r s as " j u m b ~ " h o x e s . The m i n e r s c a l l e d
dt
7inc o r coppcr tins.
t o 2 p . n ~ . ( f r o n t i h ~ f t ) . D u r l n q t h e second W o r l d W a r s h d t s of
I 0 p . m . (back *h~Ft)and 1 f l p . m . t o 6n.m. (n(nlgl~tslurt) % e r e started. The mine f o r m e r l y
workcd s ~ x
(121 c 1 %,cc4 hmt ,itrnur lc120, -1 f~r.3 d l v week her amc the r u l c .
2p.111.
to
During 1921 short t l m e working of t w o o r t h r e e days a urcck opcratcd for some tlme , then
i n 1923 M e s s r s D ~ r an,
m Long & C o . , rock over Lumpsey M i n e nnd npnrt from a c l o s u r e
perlod of one yenr(1932-S), worked it until thc 29th Novcmbcr 1 954. Most n f the m i n e r s
w e r e transferred t n Lingdale,K~ltonand North Skelton Mv~lnesafterwxrds The f a n , second -nry w i n d e r and pumps w e r e kept going f o r North Skefton hlinc. T h l s w a s because North
Skelton was s t l l l uslnfi part of t h e underground workings of Ltlrnpsey North Skelton's
usenge of the workings ceased when the minc clossd on t h e 17th J n n u a r j 1964, r h l s b c ~ n s
.
.
t h e I a s t ironcstone mine in Cleveland.
Conclusiok
Practically a l l the hulldlngs r e m a l n e d a f t e r the final c l c s u r e in 146L. Thc m a c h i n e r y W n s
W 2 s h r ~ c k e du p kn the Fa11h o u s e .
r e m o v e d , except for the L2 f e e t dismctcr waddle f a n , whlch
Unfortunately no alternative u s e for the site w a s r ~ u n da z ~ dIT rnptri1.v d e t e r ~ o r a t ~~di l b s e q u r ~ r > t I ~
u n d e r the ravages of w e a t h e r a d v a n d a l i s m . In 1967 t h e o w : ~ e ~cf
- - the .;it@ dccidcd to level
i-ooncss .m<l not ;1 rin2lc
i t , dnmsge hnvlng e x t e n d e d t o the point w h e r e severnl bulldmgs ~toocl:
pane of g l a s s remaincd intact.
A s a result of lkls the Teeslrle I n d u s t r i a l A r c h n e o l o , ~Group decided t o survcy the sitc and
drawings w e r e made of a l l the b u i l d i n ~ s ,photoqraphq taken dnd
,I
s i t e plan [>rcp,lrrd.
Dchind the storchouses wag found the Iron water b a r r e l u s e d dusrng the s ~ n k l n gfor rrmov7n:
w a t e r . It
w n s h a1 f-burled
-0ria1 Army
dnd
m the ground. R'rth the old of
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