Whitecliffe Ironstone Mine

Lease Holders

  • 1871 – 1872 : J Marley and Company
  • 1872 – 1876 : Swan Coates and Company
  • 1876 – 1884 : J.W. Pease and Company

Timeline

  • 1871 – Sinking of 2 * 155ft shafts and output starts
  • 1872 – Swan Coates and Company quickly take over
  • 1876 – Absorbed by J.W. Pease, owner of Loftus Mine nearby.
  • 1884 – Mine closes after much legal wrangling.
  • 1899 – Royalty worked again via Loftus South Drift

A short-lived troublesome mine that changed hands many times, had problems with gas and water, suffered underground trespass from was subject to legal wrangles before being absorbed into Loftus mine.

Site today occupied by Hope Animal Sanctuary
Whitecliffe Mine – Front Left
A tricky location sandwiched tightly between Loftus and Liverton Mines

Sources

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

Whitecliffe Ironstone Mine (Simon Chapman, Cleveland Ironstone Series, 1998)