Stanghow Ironstone Mine

Lease Holders

  • 1872 – 1892 : Stanghow Ironstone Company
  • 1889 – 1892 : Downey and Company
  • 1893 – 1928 : Cochrane Iron Company

Timeline

  • 1871 – 126ft shafts sunk
  • 1872 – Production starts
  • 1892 – Stanghow Ironstone Company goes into liquidation
  • 1921 – Last stone worked
  • 1928 – Abandoned
Mine site around 1900

Shaft that remains today.


Mine layout
Overlayed onto modern mapping


Overlayed onto modern mapping

Sources

Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mine (Peter Tuffs, Cleveland Ironstone Series, 2003)