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| Frost Hole Trials, Strickland Roger | ||
| Frost Hole Trials | ||
| locality:- | Frost Hole | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Roger (formerly Westmorland) (?) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | SD489986 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4898 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | presumably visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 item:- |
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| 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 66:- "DATE - 3/9/80 / MAP REF - 4870/9865 (SD49) / LOCATION - SIDEHOUSE NR STAVELEY. / NAME - ? / TYPE OF SITE - TRIALS / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 40. / SPECIMENS FOUND - NONE. / COMMENTS - WARM DRY DAY. ALL LEVELS ENTERED WERE SHORT TRIAL. FIVE WERE ENTERED IN ALL, AND ALL OF THEM END IN ROCK FACES. No.1 & No.5 HAVING SOME SMALL CROSSCUTS, No.1 HAS TWO CROSSCUTS, ON THE LEFT, ONE 8FT LONG &FURTHER IN, ONE 5FT LONG. No.5 HAS ONE CROSSCUT ON THE RIGHT, ABOUT 10FT LONG. ALL BUT ONE WERE IN THIGH DEEP WATER, AND NOT FOR THE LIGHT HEARTED." item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | presumably mine drawing:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Frost Holes Trials placename:- Sidehouse Trials item:- |
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| source data:- | Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society to Frost Hole Trials,
Strickland Roger click to enlargeKMR19.jpg "FROST HOLES / SIDEHOUSE TRIALS" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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Railway work in 1846 exposed a lead vein, galena, this trial looked for its northern
continuation; no luck. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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