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| Blagill Mine, Blagill | ||
| Blagill Mine | ||
| locality:- | Blagill | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY74004710 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7447 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
| references:- | KDMRS 1979-82 |
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 CCL74.jpg Pit bing from the south (taken 20.2.2015) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 5) |
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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 Mine" |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Blagill Mine placename:- Blagill Burn Mines item:- galena; blende; barytocalcite |
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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 89:- "DATE - 17/5/81 / MAP REF - 7400/4710 / LOCATION - ALSTON AREA. / NAME - BLAGILL MINE / TYPE OF SITE - MINE / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 51 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL PIECES OF GALENA, BLENDE. & BARTO-CALCITE / COMMENTS - FINE WARM DAY, WINDY. EXTENSIVE SPOIL HEAPS OVER A WIDE AREA. TWO LEVELS LEFT OPEN. TOP LEVEL BLOCKED AFTER ONLY 20-30YDS. BOTTOM LEVEL IS VERY EXTENSIVE, CONTAINING MANY LEVELS SHAFTS &STOPES. A FURTHER VISIT IS PROPOSED. TO INVESTIGATE THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS," Log book page 106:- "DATE - 4/4/82 / MAP REF - 7410/4760. 7420/4780. / LOCATION - ALSTON AREA / NAME - BLAGILL BURN / TYPE OF SITE - MINES. / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 60. / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL PIECES OF GALENA / COMMENTS - WARM DAY, DRY. AS 17/5/81 + BOTTOM LEVEL FOLLOWED UNTIL ITS END, STOPPED BY EXTENSIVE ROOF FALL. OTHER LEVELS EXIST ABOVE TOP ROAD IN GILL AND SOME OF THESE WERE INVESTIGATED. MOST ARE IN SHALE OF BAD CONDITION AND END OR DETERIORATE QUITE QUICKLY, THOUGH THEY ARE INTERESTING, FOR THE ARCHING AND FORMATIONS INTERESTING DAY." item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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