Please note that Skelton Park entirely on private property, please do not enter without prior permission.
Lease Holders
- 1853 – 1890 : Weardale Coal and Iron Company
- 1890 – 1917 : Sir B. Samuelson and Company
- 1917 – 1933 : Dorman Long and Company
Timeline
- 1853 – Spa Wood part of same lease as first Belmont mine
- 1864 – Production starts
- 1886 – Weardale Company production ends
- 1890 – Samuelson starts production via Slapewath shaft
- 1897 – Samuelson moves output to drifts near viaduct
- 1908 – Mine electrified
- 1928 – Aerial Ropeway installed
- 1930 – Production ends
Articles
Powder Magazine – Now and Then
Sources
Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mine (Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, 2003)
Guisborough District Mines (Simon Chapman, Cleveland Ironstone Series, 2001)