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1950 List of Mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act - North Durham
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Persons Employed |
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| Name of Mine |
Situation |
Owner and Postal Address |
Under Ground |
Above Ground |
Minerals and Seams Worked, and Remarks |
| Blackdene |
Weardale |
Beckermet Mining Co., Ltd., Beckermet, Cumberland |
8 |
1 |
Fluorspar. . |
| Boltsburn |
Rookhope |
Weardale Lead Co., Ltd., Treshopeburn, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Lead Ore. . (Discontinued 1941). |
| Coptcleugh |
Cowshill |
Weardale Lead Co., Ltd., Treshopeburn, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
9 |
13 |
Lead Ore. . |
| Heights Pasture |
Easgate |
Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., Nenthead, nr. Alston, Cumberland |
— |
— |
Fluorspar. . |
| Holmside Witherite |
Lanchester |
N.C.B. No 6 Area, Springfield House, Shotley Bridge |
58 |
46 |
Witherite. . |
| Hope Level |
Crawleyside |
Beatson and Johnson, "The Dene", Stanhope, Bishop Auckland |
— |
— |
Iron Ore, Fluorspar. . (Discontinued 6/44). |
| New House |
St. John's Chapel |
J. and A. Bainbridge, Westgate Farm, Westgate, Bishop Auckland |
— |
— |
Fluorspar. . |
| Ramshaw |
Blanchland |
Blanchland Fluor Mines Ltd., 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield |
5 |
11 |
Lead Ore, Fluorspar. . |
| Rigg |
St. John's Chapel |
J. and A. Bainbridge, Westgate Farm, Westgate, Bishop Auckland |
— |
— |
Fluorspar. . |
| Sedling |
Wearhead |
Weardale Lead Co., Ltd., Treshopeburn, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Lead Ore, Fluorspar. . (Discontinued 12/48). |
| Smithy |
Waldridge Fell |
Smithy Dene Quarry Co., Ltd., 4 Holmlands Park, Chester-le-Street |
2 |
4 |
Barytes. . |
| Stanhope Burn |
Stanhope |
Fluorspar Ltd., Prudential Chambers, Oswestry, Salop |
34 |
45 |
Fluorspar. . |
| Stotsfield Burn |
Rookhope |
Weardale Lead Co., Ltd., Treshopeburn, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
67 |
21 |
Lead Ore, Fluorspar. . |
| West Rigg |
Westgate |
J. and A. Bainbridge, Westgate Farm, Westgate, Bishop Auckland |
— |
— |
Fluorspar. . |
| Wolfcleugh |
Rookhope |
Weardale Lead Co., Ltd., Treshopeburn, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Lead Ore, Fluorspar. . |
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