Egremont Iron Miners - Florence Mine

[sarah]

Trystan and I had the pleasure of spending Easter up in Cumberland. One place we wanted to visit was Florence Mine at Egremont the last Iron Ore mine in Europe 

http://www.florencemine.co.uk

It is very worth a visit but they are not set up for the odd visiting tourist so please phone ahead to book an underground tour. (sadly we could not go on a tour)

What caught our eye was that they had a poster regarding researching family history  If you have a miner in the 1800's working in Egremont then it is worth getting in touch with them. They have newspaper records of this period associated with the mine at 10 pence per sheet.

[tansylee]

Can anyone identify any of these miners from the Florence Pit, Egremont. My grandfather John Ewart Graham is to the right on the back row. The date is not known, but it must have been about 1910.

[Cynthiagrace]

Hello, I am wondering if you have had any luck identifying any of these miners.  My mother's great-grandfather, Hugh Cunningham, was an iron ore miner in Egremont in the 1860's.  He and his family came to the US in 1873.  But there were many other Cunningham's in that area.  I would love to know if any of the men in this photo are Cunninghams.

All the best,
Cynthia Vaughan

[thetowers]

Plenty of iron ore still be mined in Sweden.  Is that not "Europe" ?

[*Sandra*]

The Guardian, Wednesday 25 October 2006 - John Vidal

Europe's last deep iron ore mine is set to close ...........................................

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/oct/25/energy.society

Sandra