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List of Mines		List of Mines

			Persons Employed
Name of Mine	Situation	Owner and Postal Address	Under Ground	Above Ground	Minerals and Seams Worked, and Remarks
Beckermet	Beckermet	Beckermet Mining Co., Ltd., Moss Bay, Workington, Cumberland	162	110	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). .
Cocklakes	Carlisle	Carlisle Plaster and Cement Co., Cocklakes, nr. Carlisle, Cumberland	114	34	Gypsum, Anhydrite. .
Crowgarth	Cleator Moor	Barrow Hematite Steel Co., Ltd., Ore Bank House, Bigrigg, Cumberland	—	—	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). . (Abandoned 9/48).
Driggith	Caldbeck	McKechnie Brothers Ltd., Caldbeck Mines, Caldbeck, nr. Wigton, Cumberland	—	—	Barytes, Lead Ore, Zinc Ore. .
Florence	Egremont	Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Co., Ltd., Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland	141	63	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). .
Force Crag	Braithwaite	Laporte Chemicals Ltd., Luton, Beds., and Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumberland	—	—	Barytes. .
Haile Moor	Beckermet	Beckermet Mining Co., Ltd., Moss Bay, Workington, Cumberland	66	35	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). .
Hartside	Hartside	Laporte Chemicals Ltd., Luton, Beds., and Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumberland	—	—	Barytes. .
Hodbarrow & Moorbank	Hodbarrow, Millom	Hodbarrow Mining Co., Ltd., Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines, Millom, Cumbberland	140	108	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). .
Honister	Honister Pass, nr. Keswick	Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd., Martins Bank Chambers, Keswick, Cumberland	—	—	Slate. . (Discontinued 12/47).
Long Meg	Langwathby	Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Co., Ltd., c/o Carlisle Plaster and Cement Co., Ltd., Cocklakes, nr. Carlisle, Cumberland	18	9	Gypsum. .
Nentsbury	Alston	Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., Nenthead, Alston, Cumberland	—	2	Lead Ore, Zinc Ore, Witherite. .
Potts Ghyll	Coldbeck	McKechnie Brothers Ltd., Caldbeck Mines, Caldbeck, nr. Wigton, Cumberland	25	16	Barytes. .
Rodderup Fell	Alston	Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., Nenthead, Alston, Cumberland	—	2	Fluorspar, Lead Ore. .
Sand Beds	Caldbeck	McKechnie Brothers Ltd., Caldbeck Mines, Caldbeck, nr. Wigton, Cumberland	—	—	Barytes. .
Stirlings No. 4	Cleator Moor	Barrow Hematite Steel Co., Ltd., Ore Bank House, Bigrigg, Cumberland	—	—	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). . (Abandoned 12/48, Pumping only).
Ullcoats Nos. 1 & 7	Egremont	Ullcoats Mining Co., Ltd., Ullcoats Mines, Egremont, Cumberland	163	89	Iron Ore (Red Hematite). .
Yew Craggs	Honister Pass, nr. Keswick	Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd., Martins Bank Chambers, Keswick, Cumberland	8	15	Slate. .