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| Augill Mine, Stainmore | ||
| Augill Mine | ||
| locality:- | Augill | |
| locality:- | Augill Beck | |
| civil parish:- | Stainmore (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| locality type:- | lead mine (?) | |
| locality type:- | copper mine (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY82181565 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY8215 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY81 | |
| references:- | KDMRS 1979-82 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 17 9) placename:- |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Lead Mines" OS County Series (Wmd 16 12) "Tramway" OS County Series (Wmd 16 16) |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Augill Mine 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 77:- "DATE - 2/11/80. / MAP REF - 8240/1540 (NY81) / LOCATION - AUGILL VALLEY. / NAME - AUGILL. / TYPE OF SITE - MINE. / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 45. / SPECIMENS FOUND - GALENA, BARYTES & COPPER PYRITES. / COMMENTS - COLD DAY. BUT SHELTERED IN VALLEY. EXTENSIVE MINE ENTRANCES, A FEW OF WHICH WERE ENTERED, ONE LEVEL ENTERS INTO AN EXTENSIVE CAVERN OF WHICH MANY SHAFTS AND LEVELS LEAD OFF. AT THE TIME ONLY TWO MEMBERS ENTERED THE CAVERN AND A FURTHER VISIT MUST BE MADE WITH MORE PEOPLE &EQUIPMENT." Log book page 90:- "DATE - 24/5/81 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - SEE 2/11/80 WARM SHOWERY DAY. ENTERED LEVEL WITH EXTENSIVE CAVERN AT END. INVESTIGATED POSSIBILITY OF DECENDING (sic) ALL THREE SHAFTS INSIDE BUT AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THAT ONLY ONE WAS ENTERABLE, WITH SAFETY AFTER POPING UP WE DECENDED DOWN THE SMALLER OF THE THREE SHAFTS. A LEVEL LEADS OFF THE BOTTOM AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY CRAWLING, TO WHERE IT ENTERED INTO ONE OF THE OTHER SHAFTS. AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SHAFT IS VERY DEEP WATER, SOME PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BEFORE RE-EMERGING INTO DAYLIGHT A GOOD DAY HAD BY ALL" otherwise:- "SEE 2/11/80" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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