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| Hay Gill Mines, Caldbeck | ||
| Hay Gill Mines | ||
| Hay Gill Mine | ||
| Dale Beck Level | ||
| Long Grain Trials | ||
| Short Grain Trials | ||
| Ingray Gill Trials | ||
| Birk Gill Trials | ||
| Old Potts Gill Copper Mine | ||
| locality:- | Caldbeck Fells | |
| civil parish:- | Caldbeck (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | copper mine | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY308360 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3036 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY33 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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 BNY85.jpg Lead smelt mill. (taken 15.8.2007)  BNY92.jpg Level. (taken 15.8.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Hay Gill Mine item:- copper ore; lead 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 130:- "HAY GILL AND RED GILL MINES" "Both of these mines have been wrought extensively by the old men, with stope and feather. The former yields copper ore of very good quality, and the latter both lead and copper ores in great variety; indeed, it ranks next to Roughtengill in the variety of ores which it produces." "These mines were wrought by various Companies, and a good deal of lead and copper ores raised from them." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Haygill 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. PST2NY33.jpg "Haygill Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | mine drawing:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Hay Gill Beck Level |
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| source data:- | Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society to Hay Gill Mines,
Caldbeck click to enlargeKMR30.jpg "HAY GILL BECK LEVEL"  click to enlargeKMR31.jpg "HAY GILL No 1 CROSSCUT" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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Mostly 18th century workings, worked to about 1874. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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