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Wanthwaite Crag Mine, St John's Castlerigg etc
Wanthwaite Crag Mine
site name:-   Wanthwaite Crags
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   copper mine
locality type:-   lead mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY325225
1Km square:-   NY3222
10Km square:-   NY32
references:-   Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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Above Lowthwaite Farm. Several levels and trials, some very old, but no records till 1850; lasted to 1880s.

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

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