If you scroll down a little, you'll find the blog entry for the above date. In that blog I published a picture of a brass plate referring to Silkstone. I asked the question of one our group, John Silkstone, whether there was any connection with his family. Here is John's reply:
"The town of Silkstone is just west of Barnsley in Yorkshire. The coal mine once belonged to one of my great-grand fathers, a black sheep of the family. It is believed that there was a fire in the pit. At that time there was a great storm and the water via a freak accident got into the mine and distinguished the fire. It wasn’t long after that, that a piece of land was purchased and called Silkstone common and presented to the village. There has always been a question mark over how the rain water found its way into the pit. But then again in 1838 the deaths of 26 children between the ages of 7 and 17 wasn’t of much concern to the pit or mill owners of the day."
John A Silkstone 24 March 2011 22:21 
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John A Silkstone
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Two pictures of walkways associated with Silkstone Common as mentioned above, by John.Image via Wikipedia
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