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List of Mines |
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1950 List of Mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act - Westmorland
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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 |
| Birks Head |
Long Marton |
Thomas McGhie and Sons Ltd., Thistle Plaster Works, Kirkbythore, Penrith, Cumberland |
13 |
6 |
Gypsum, Anhydrite. . |
| Greenside, Penrith |
Glenridding |
Basinghall Mining Syndicate Ltd., Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumberland |
41 |
50 |
Lead Ore. . |
| Hartsop Hall |
Patterdale |
Hartsop Mines Ltd., Deepdale Bridge, Patterdale, Penrith, Cumberland |
— |
— |
Lead Ore. . (Abandoned 8/49). |
| Kentmere |
Kentmere |
Kentmere Green Slate Co., Ltd., St. Georges Buildings, Blackhall, Kendal, Westmorland |
— |
1 |
Slate. . |
| Long Fell |
Burton |
Malehurst Barytes Co., Ltd., Minsterley, Shrewsbury |
11 |
2 |
Barytes. . |
| Lords Mine |
Elterwater |
Buttermere Green Slate Quarries, Martins Bank Chambers, Keswick, Cumberland |
— |
— |
Slate. . |
| New Stamphill |
Kirkby Thore |
Thomas McGhie and Sons Ltd., Thistle Plaster Works, Kirkbythore, Penrith, Cumberland |
46 |
13 |
Gypsum, Anhydrite. . |
| Scordale |
Hilton |
Malehurst Barytes Co., Ltd., Minsterley, Shrewsbury |
— |
— |
Barytes. . (Discontinued 10/41). |
| Silverband |
Dunfell |
Laporte Chemicals Ltd., Luton, Beds., and Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumberland |
40 |
25 |
Barytes. . |
| Wrangdale Head |
Longselddale |
Wrangdale Head Green Slate Co. (Westmorland) Ltd., Longsleddale, Westmoreland |
— |
— |
Slate. . (Discontinued 1940). |
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