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| Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead | ||
| Brownley Hill Mine | ||
| locality:- | Nenthead | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY77604465 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7744 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 15) placename:- Bloomsberry Mine |
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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. "Bloomsberry Mine (Lead) / Aqueduct / ..." tramroads from works to tips etc, and to Spelter Works, qv |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Brownley Hill Mine item:- galena; blende |
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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 57:- "DATE - 25/5/80 / MAP REF - 7760/4465 / LOCATION - GUDHAM GILL / NAME - BROWNLEY HILL MINE / TYPE OF SITE - HORSE LEVEL. / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 33 / SPECIMENS FOUND - GALENA & BLENDE, IN FAIRLY LARGE PIECES. / COMMENTS - DULL BUT WARM DAY, SLIGHT SHOWERS. HORSE LEVEL, NOT IN VERY DEEP WATER. MANY PASSAGES &WHINS LEAD OFF THE MAIN LEVEL, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION, AND ANOTHER VISIT IS PROPOSED LATER IN THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR." Log book page 80:- "DATE - SUNDAY 8/3/81 / MAP REF - / LOCATION - / NAME - BROWNLEY HILL MINE / TYPE OF SITE - / WORKING OR DISUSED - / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 33 / SPECIMENS FOUND - / COMMENTS - AS 25/5/80 + WATER A LOT SHALLOWER PLUS, THIS WILL HAVE TO BE THE LAST VISIT TO THIS MINE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN WE EMERGED INTO THE OUTSIDE WORLD AGAIN, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, THAT A SIGN HAD BEEN PUT UP AT ONE TIME, (ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT THE SIGN IS LAID FLAT ON THE GROUND) STATING THAT MINE TOURS LTD WILL PROSECUTE TRESPASSERS ENTERING THE MINE. ANOTHER BLOW TO SOCIETY'S AND RESEARCH GROUPS FREEDOM." otherwise:- "AS 25/5/80" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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