Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Tilberthwaite Mine | |
| locality:- | Tilberthwaite Fells | |
| parish |
Coniston parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| copper mine; mine | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY299008 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY20
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| References |
Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells:
Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931
6
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| 1Km square | NY2900 | |
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 80)
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| 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. | ||
| Tilberthwaite Copper Mines | ||
| placename:- | Tilberthwaite Copper Mines | |
| date:- | 1867=1868 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1860s | |
| sketch map:- |
KDMRS 1979-82
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| Log book and sketch maps from the Kendal and District Mine Research Society, 1979-82. | ||
| Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society | ||
| Log book page 42:- | ||
| DATE - 18/11/79 SUNDAY / MAP REF - 3055/0075 (MAP No.90 1:50000) / LOCATION - NR TILBERTHWAITE / NAME - TILBERTHWAITE COPPER MINE AND QUARRY (SLATE) / TYPE OF SITE - COPPER MINE & SLATE QUARRY / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 25 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SLATE, QUARTZ, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER PYRITES / COMMENTS - WET SHOWERY DAY. COPPER MINE LEVEL END AFTER 50YDS OR SO, IN A ROOF FALL. THE FALL CAN BE PASSED WITH A TIGHT SQUEEZE, AND THE LEVEL CAN BE SEEN BEYOND, BUT WAS NOT ATTEMPTED, DUE TO THE SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRESENT. WATER IN THE LEVEL IS SHALLOW 6[in] OR LESS. SLATE LEVEL IS IN WATER 12[in]+ BUT IS PASSABLE AND LARGE CAVERNS ARE ENCOUNTERED. | ||
| Log book page 54:- | ||
| DATE - 4/5/80 SUNDAY / MAP REF - 3055/0075 / LOCATION - NR. TILBERTHWAITE / NAME - TILBERTHWAITE COPPER MINE / TYPE OF SITE - MINE. / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 25 / SPECIMENS FOUND - AS 18/11/79 / COMMENTS - AS 18/11/79 + [ ] GIT PASSED (sic) ROOF FALL, ONLY TO BE STOPPED 10YDS FURTHER ON BY ANOTHER ROOF FALL, WHICH COULD NOT BE PASSED. AS NO FURTHER PROGRESS COULD BE MADE IT WAS DECIDED TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE QUARRIES IN THE AREA. | ||
| placename:- | Tilberthwaite Copper Mine and Slate Quarry | |
| coordinates:- |
NY30550075 | |
| date:- | 1979=1980 | |
| period:- | 1980s | |
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Near the waterfall at the head of Tilberthwaite Gill. Worked
in elizabethan times; last worked 1942.
North Lode, Shaft Lode, Benson's Lode, Benson's South Lode and Spedding's Lode, etc. Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6 | ||
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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