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Dubhow Copper Mine, Patterdale
Dubhow Copper Mine
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   copper mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY40851438
1Km square:-   NY4014
10Km square:-   NY41
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6


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CAB76.jpg (taken 10.3.2014)  
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CAB78.jpg (taken 10.3.2014)  

evidence:-   visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82
placename:-  Dubhow Gill Mine
placename:-  Dubhow Copper Mine
item:-  malachitecopper pyritesbarytesshovelmine drillbottleclogs
source data:-   Notes, log book of Geological Outings, mine plans, etc, Kendal and District Mine Research Society, Kendal area, Cumbria, etc, visits made 1979-82.
Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society 
Log book page 79:-  "DATE - 1/2/81 / MAP REF - NY41 4080/1440. / LOCATION - PATTERDALE. / NAME - DUBHOW GILL MINE. / TYPE OF SITE - MINE / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED (WORKED FROM 1761-1763-4) / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 47 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL PIECES OF MALACHITE & COPPER PYRITES + LARGE PIECES OF BARYTES. / COMMENTS - COOL SUNNY DAY. FIRST PART OF MINE IN WATER OVER WADER DEPTH, BOAT WAS USED FOR FIRST 100FT APPROX AFTER WHICH IT GRADUALLY SHALLOWED OUT AND BECAME FAIRLY DRY. VERY LITTLE COPPER ORE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, ALTHOUGH BARYTES SEEMS TO BE QUITE EXTENSIVE IN RIGHT HAND LEVEL. SHOVELS (2) DRILLS BOTTLE &CLOGS WERE FOUND IN THIS MINE AND WERE TAKEN OUT FOR PRESERVATION. BOTH LEVELS END IN ROCK WALLS AND EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL STOPE NO EXTENSIVE STOPING HAS BEEN DONE."
item:-  private collection : 82
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   mine drawing:- KDMRS 1979-82
source data:-   Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society to Dubhow Copper Mine, Patterdale
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KMR17.jpg
"DUBHOW COPPER MINE"
item:-  private collection : 82
Image © see bottom of page


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CAB77.jpg (taken 10.3.2014)  
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CAB79.jpg (taken 10.3.2014)  

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West of Angle Tarn; worked 1761-62? and in the 19th century.

Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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