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| Lowfield Hush, Murton | ||
| Lowfield Hush | ||
| locality:- | Scordale | |
| civil parish:- | Murton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hush | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY753216 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7521 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY72 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Lowfield Hush Mine item:- lead ore; galena; barytes; hushing |
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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 140:- "Lowfield Hush Mine affords an excellent example of a mode of searching for ore deposits that has been much used about Alston, and in the adjacent mining fields. In the process of "Hushing," a trench was made down the face of a mountain slope, and a dam constructed at its head. A water-course supplied the dam from some convenient rivulet, and when a sufficient quantity had been stored, it was turned into the trench in a good volume, while men supplied with tools were posted at intervals along the brink to assist the work of denudation. By these means the trench was speedily worn down to the rock, and rich deposits of ore were often found. At Lowfield Hush, the trench was made along the back of the vein, and the surface cover was scooped out to the rock, laying bare large deposits of sulphate of barytes, and a considerable quantity of galena. These deposits have been worked to some extent, and the open excavation is like a large railway cutting." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Lowfield Hush 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. PST2NY61.jpg "Lowfield Hush Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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