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| Hartsop Hall Mine, Patterdale | ||
| Hartsop Hall Mine | ||
| locality:- | Dovedale | |
| civil parish:- | Patterdale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY39451191 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3911 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Hartsop Hall Mine item:- lead ore |
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| source data:- | Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick,
published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published
1877-1913. goto sourcepage 127:- "MYER HEAD, HARTSOP HALL, AND EAGLE CRAG MINES." "These mines are situated in glens, which branch off from the Patterdale Valley. ... Hartsop Hall, on the north-western side of the Hartsop Glen; ... They have been wrought chiefly by means of adit levels, which pierce the sides of the mountains at various elevations. Extensive excavations have been made above and between these levels and considerable quantities of lead ore raised." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Hartsop Hall Mine |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2NY41.jpg "Hartsop Hall Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Hartsop Hall Mines item:- galena; barytes; copper pyrites |
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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 20:- "DATE - 10/6/79 SUNDAY / MAP REF - (No1 MINE) 3945/1187 (No2 MINE) 3965/1219. / LOCATION - HARTSOP / NAME - HARTSOP HALL MINES / TYPE OF SITE - MINES / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - Nos.11 / SPECIMENS FOUND - PIECES OF GALENA, BARYTES, AND COPPER PYRITES / COMMENTS - FIRST MINE HAS EXTENSIVE BUILDINGS (DERELICT) AND SPOIL HEAPS. MINE IS STILL OPEN AND WORTH ENTERING AT A LATER DATE. HIGHER SECOND MINE ONLY SMALL SPOIL HEAP, BUT VERY INTERESTING MINE ENTRANCE, WHICH IS ALSO WORTH ENTERING AT A LATER DATE. THIS SECOND MINE ENTRANCE IS VERY COLD AND HAS A DRAUGHT BLOWING OUT." Log book page 25:- "DATE - SUNDAY 29/7/79 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - HARTSOP HALL MINES / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 11 / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - ENTERED BOTTOM MINE LEVEL IN WATER 6[in] OR SO DEEP, DRY FURTHER IN LOTS OF STOPING AND CHAMBERS, GALENA AND BARYTES CAN BE SEEN IN VEINS RUNNING THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE LEVEL. VERY INTERESTING. ENDED IN ROCK [tiny diagram] FALL. ENTER HIGHER LEVEL MINE IN WATER 9[in]-1' DEEP. DRY FURTHER IN EXCEPT FOR WATER POURING IN FROM ROOF MOST OF THIS LEVEL IS STOPED OUT. IN TWO PLACES SEEN TODAY ARE SHAFTS LEADING DOWN IN THE FLOOR OF THE LEVEL AND ARE FULL OF WATER X [location diagram of shafts], CARE IS NEEDED. BOTH TUNNELS END IN ROCK FACES." otherwise:- "AS PAGE 20" Log book page :- "DATE - SUNDAY 16/3/80 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 11 / SPECIMENS FOUND - AS 29/7/79 / COMMENTS - AS 29/7/79 + FOUND TWO MORE ENTRANCES HIGHER UP THE HILL, AND THESE WERE INVESTIGATED TO SOME EXTENT." Log book page 70:- "DATE - 30/8/80 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - HARTSOP HALL MINES / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 11 / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - HOT DAY. AS 10/6/79 & 29/7/79 + ENTERED HIGHER STOPE/SHAFT, & WITH THE AID OF ROPES [ ] DESCENDED SOME OF THE WAY DOWN INTO THE NEXT SHAFT, BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT DUE TO THE DEPTH &THE POSSIBLE UNSAFE NATURE OF THE FLOOR NOT TO CONTINUE." otherwise:- "AS 10/6/79 &29/7/79" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
In the woods above Hartsop Hall; two levels, the Pasture Beck Trials. Various records
of working, 1696 to 1954. It was operated by the Low Hartsop Mining Co from 1866 hoping
for lead. Only zinc was found, as sphalerite, zinc sulphide, ZnS, which wasn't then
wanted, so the mine closed. |
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| : 2015 (?): Mines in Cumbria: Cumbria RIGS |
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