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| iron mine, St Bees | ||
| locality:- | Montreal Farm | |
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0014 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY01 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Montreal Mine item:- iron ore |
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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 141:- "... t Montreal Mine, near Moor Row, which was said to contain the largest deposit of ore found in West Cumberland, the ore was reached at a depth of 45 fathoms, and an equal depth, namely, 45 fathoms, was sunk in ore-bearing strata, while the lateral extent of the ore-bearing ground is about 36 acres." |
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