A TRIBUTE TO ESTON MINES
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2021
- A Tribute to the Eston miner
1850 - 1929 : Bolckow, Vaughan and Company
1929 - 1949 : Dorman Long and Company
These were the most prolific mines in Cleveland with an output over 99 years of around 63 million tons of ironstone , and yet such extensive mines have left few remains.
The story goes that in June 1850 when John Marley, mining engineer and John Vaughan, wealthy industrialist, took a walk into the hills where they came upon an outcrop of iron ore.
Events at Eston moved fast.
Eight weeks later iron ore was being quarried and sent to iron works throughout the region.
Within 20 years new iron works stretched along the south bank of the Tees, creating new communities like South Bank and Grangetown as well as halting the economic decline then facing the new town of Middlesbrough.
Thousands of workers attracted by the prospect of employment, arrived in the area.
At Eston the housing crisis meant that miners obtained lodgings wherever they could, even in barns on local farms.
Others slept rough or in tents.
To ease the situation new cottages were built east of the old hamlet of Eston. The settlement was called California in recognition of the 1849 Gold Rush in America!
New mines, Trustee and New Bank soon opened up. The hillsides were transformed with tubs of stone continuously sent down the inclines every day.
Up to 1600 men were employed and the underground workings stretched three miles, almost to Guisborough. By 1881 Cleveland was one of the world's major iron and now steel producing areas.
It was hot, it was dangerous - 375 deaths occurred in the ninety nine years the mines were open, the youngest aged only eleven.
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Amazing! My great great grandad was killed in Eston pit aged 36 (my age now) in the 11th hour of his shift by a sudden fall of rock to his head. He left 8 children. The ironstone mining blood is strong in me. My other great great grandfathers worked skelton and Rosedale.
Wow Sam it is so good to hear from you. The mines claimed so many lives but it was a way of life for so many. I was born in a mining village and it certainly was a way of life for them. Once again thank you for commenting and watching Sam
An excellent video , it's really important to keep this information out there for people to understand the history of the ESTON , GRANGETOWN , SOUTH BANK AND MIDDLESBROUGH. A great film thank you .
Thank you so very much, and we agree with you. Like you said it is very important to document history and keep it alive.
i was bon in ormesby i heard stories of miners walking under ground from lazenby bank to near roseberry topping
What a great video on local history. Much appreciated.
Your welcome Dave. We are glad you enjoyed it buddy
Hi gents. Absolutely fascinating and well researched and
It shows. That was sheer graft in those days. Full
Respect to all x miners. Your on another winner gents.
Thank you again for sharing I enjoyed that.
Stay safe gents. Old dave
Hello old Dave thanks my good friend for your kind d words again. Yes it was very hard graft in those mines and full respect goes to all the miners. I'm glad you enjoyed it buddy. Stay safe. Your friend Paul
Hello Neil and Paul, I enjoyed that! I wish I had 4k cameras, gimbals and drones 20 years ago when I was making my "short film" - it was 2 hours long btw!! I have known for a long time Neil that you are mad for this stuff. It is lethal! The passion n enthusiasm you both have shines thru a few factual inaccuracies! The main ones being: New Bank was built before Trustee / The bodies were carried at shoulder height if they were dead and at normal waist level if still alive / The incline inbye from Trustee Drift leading down to Pit Bottom was Darbys Incline / SS Castle extracted foul air, not sucked it in. It was a giant extractor fan basically. And the foul air went up the tower / To answer your question of how the rope hauled sets of wagons went round corners - there wasnt many corners and they slowed down when they did. For example , say New Bank to Chaloner Pit the sets of wagons, usually 24 in a set be they full ones coming to Eston or empty ones going back, were hauled by a succession of 3 or 4 haulers. Regarding the stonepillars at New Bank: as I understand it, they were rope guides to assist the rope being wound in to the hauler at New Bank Top and also guide the return rope that was attached to the last empty wagon being hauled back East by Birds Engine House opp SS Castle or later Wilton Hauler near Wilton Lane. If there was no return rope there would be no wagons moving both ways. Hope this makes sense!! And thanks for referencing the film. If anybody wants to buy it, DVDs available on my website pancrack dot tv cheers!
ALSO... regarding the list of fatalities that I researched and included with the DVD referred to the entire Eston mining operation which incorporated Upsall Pit and Chaloner Pit on the South side and all the drifts along the North side. Normanby mine not included. The total was 375 as it included a few 2 or 3 year olds ran over by wagons presumably around the California area.
Hi Craig Hope your well buddy. We are honored that the person who made this Film "Century In Stone" has watched our vlog on all the history you brought to us, some years back. We still know very little in what we covered in this content but did our best to keep it to the facts and your feed back, from The Man himself is so valuable to any person watching these we have covered. Paul and I aim to get to Pit Top and cover this next. Stay Safe buddy and thank you.
Great information guys! Thank you! I still remember a lot of these places from my father when he would take us as kids to the remainder of the mines, pit top, SS castle and the rail tracks running from hills to South bank and others that still very much in view back in the early 70s
Thanks Mark. We are going back up to pit top soon to do a video on the village that was up there. Thanks for watching buddy
@@m.curbanexploration3232 hi where is the video for the village was it ever made..?
the powder room is amazing but so is the rest still got more to watch
Very nice guys, Thanks for sharing this!
We thoroughly enjoyed doing this one Peter as we love Eston Mines. It's just a shame we can't get into the mines .
The mine entrance (top of new bank) is actually a ventilation shaft. The mine entrance proper was to the right of this and has been filled.
Stummbled across this last night.
Brillian video with great details,and i loved the past pictures of the mines etc that pop up.
Thanks lads yous have gained a new subscriber.
Thanks very much Col it's good to have you along buddy and cheers for the kind words
Not a problem.
Hopefully having a wander about the hills over the weekend with my kids.
@@colshell5176 well enjoy buddy as you can't beat a walk in the hills.
High grade exploration. Thought maybe you'd follow the 'tramway' route from New Bank Top to the Wilton-Guisborough road, and take a look up to Upsall Pit and foundations of the two rows of miners' cottages. The railway route from Barnaby Moor down behind the Cross Keys can be followed past the back of the short terrace to the bridge abutments either side of Flatts Lane (course of the Cleveland Railway from Flatts Lane Crossing and north to the Tees).
Hi Alan that video of the pit top village is coming very shortly and it is going g to be a special one my friend. Thanks so much for the info
Awesome Content & Very Professional Guys. Keep Up The Good Work. Love Vicky.
Thanks Vicky ❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼we worked hard on this and I nearly had a coronary lol 😆 😄
very good some interesting info there guys im from eston and I never knew some of that info great video thanks
Hi Bob hope your well buddy. Glad you enjoyed it my friend
nice 1 Lads...wen i was a kid you could get right in new bank. we got allsorts of gear out and gave it to a mining museam 👍👍
I'm glad you enjoyed it Craig. I wish you could still get into the mine as I definitely would have loved to have gone in. Take care buddy Paul
@@m.curbanexploration3232 there is also more concrete structures near the powder house.. dont know if ya seen em ..was loads more yrs ago sadly gone now ..i still keeping on buddy 👍👍
@@craigpalmer347 I will have to have a walk up with you buddy sometime 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@m.curbanexploration3232 deffo mate 👍👍
Very interesting really enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it buddy take care
good video thanks
Thanks Shane
I fancy a walk up there,where’s best to park off the a174?
I work in so very interested in our local history
Have you got any information and have you walked the railway line that curved round from Eston to the other side of the hill then headed towards Guisborough near Flatts Lane? There are sections in place, like for instance by the Cross Keys pub half just under half way between Flatts Lane and Guisborough
Good video lads, thank's for that, but I've walked those same trails a canny few times now