The article was in the "Evening Post" on 6 March 1997.
It mentions four mines (No1, No 2, Red Gin & Roden Acre) which were owned by
John Crossley until 1871, when he sold them to Brogden Brothers. They were
closed in 1875 due to problems with water and were later used as reservoirs by
the West Gloucestershire Water Company. The article seems to have been
prompted by the fact that Bristol Water Company had recently been filled in
the shafts and planted trees over the site which is off Church Road in
Frampton Cotterell.
I can't confirm much of this, although I've got a few details from various
copies of Robert Hunt's "Mineral Statistics" which refers to the the Frampton
mines as a whole.
Ownership details:-
1868: Frampton Haematite Co, manager H T Brooke
1870: Frampton Haematite Co, manager H T Brooke
1875: Brogden & Sons, manager Thomas Trevithick
Frampton Haematite Co also owned mines at Iron Acton, also managed by H T
Brooke.
In 1870 Brogden Brothers owned Frampton colliery
The amount of ore (brown haematite) produced, and its value, was as follows:-
1865: 8,000.0 tons, £3,600
1868: 6,566.0 tons, £3,009
1870: 15.249.0 tons, £6,862
1875: 8,845.8 tons, £4,500
Keith Ramsey
School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies
University of Exeter
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