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Metalliferous mines

Cumberland, Durham, N. Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, York (North Riding)

Cumberland

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Ore Bank Hoiuse, Bigrigg	Aldby (discontinued)	Cleator Moor	H Lawn	Red hematite	-	-
ditto	Bigrigg (Croft)	Bigrigg	ditto	ditto	-	-
ditto	Crowgarth incl. York and Church Pits	Cleator Moor	ditto	ditto	73	34
ditto	David Lawn	Bigrigg	ditto	ditto	-	-
ditto	Stirlings No.4	Cleator Moor	ditto	ditto	-	-
ditto	Wyndham	ditto	ditto	ditto	128	40
Beckermet Mining Co. Ltd., Moss Bay, Workington ditto	Winscales & Mildred (Pumping only) Sir John Walsh	Woodend Bigrigg	ditto ditto	ditto ditto	143	39
Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd., Station Buildings, Keswick ditto	Honister Yew Craggs	Honister Pass Honister	Com. Hoare ditto	Slate ditto	42	45
Caldbeck Mines Ltd., 82, King William St. London	Potts Ghyll	Caldbeck		Barytes	6	2
Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co. Ltd., Cocklakes, nr. Carlisle	Cocklakes	Carlisle	WS Trimble	Gypsum & anhydride	52	3
Cumberland Silica Co. 9 Stephenson St., Burnley, Lancs.	Carrock	carrok Fell	TH Ames	Quartz	1	1
Frizington Iron Ore Co., Ltd., County Sq., Ulverston, Lancs.	Enid	Frizington	C Severs	Red haematite	4	5
Hodbarrow Mining Co. Ltd., Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines, Millom	Hodbarrow	Hodbarrow, Millom	CJ Vaughan	ditto	168	126
Leylands Rigg Head Quarries, Borrowdale, Keswick	Rigg Head No.1	Borrowdale		Slate	1	1
ditto	ditto No.9	ditto	Not worked in 1938	ditto	-	-
ditto	ditto No.10	Abandoned		ditto	-	-
Long Meg Plaster & Mineral Co. Ltd., North House, North John St., Liverpool	Long Meg	Langwathby	Vincent Bramall	Gypsum	14	2
Marple & Gillott Ltd., Stevenson Rd., Sheffield	Threlkeld	Threlkeld, nr. Keswick	C Hewitson	Lead Ore	-	1
Millom & Askam Hematite Iron Co. Ltd., Millom	Florence	Egremont	A Hibbert	Red hematite	194	93
Ullcoats Mining Co. Ltd., Ullcoats Mines, Egremont	Ullcoats Nos.1&7	ditto	dsitto	Lead & zinc ores	116	44
Vieille Montagne Zinc Co. Nenthead, Alston	Brownley Hill & Svraith Hole (closed 8/37)	Nenthead	A Treloar	ditto	-	-
ditto	Nentbury	Alston	ditto	ditto	32	39
ditto	Rodderup Fell	ditto	ditto	Lead ore	40	42
F Walker, The Ellens, Grange, nr. Keswick	Gate Crag	Borrowdale	Not owkred in 1938	Slate	-	-

Durham

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
J Bainbridge & Son, Westgate Farm, Westgate-in-Weardale	Warden	Westgate-in-Weardale		Flourspar	3	-
JG&A Beaston, Elliott, Crawleyside, Stanhope, Bishop Auckland	Stanhope Burn	Stanhope		Lead and flourspar	10	4
Billing Ganister & Minerals Co. Ltd., 89 Pensbury St., Darlington	Croverdale	Rookhope	Anabdoned	Flouspar	2	-
Blanchland Fluor Mines Ltd., 55 Norfolk St., Sheffield	Ramshaw	Ramshaw		ditto	2	3
A Dalton Low House, Westgate, Bishop Auckland	Cambokeels (abadoned)	Westgate-in-Weardale	TH Green	Lead ore and flourspar	-	-
ditto	Park Burn	ditto		ditto	1	-
Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. Zetland Rd., Middlesborough, Yorks	Healeyfield (not worked since 1936)	Castleside	H Palmer	Gannister	-	-
English Lead Mines Exploration Ltd., Bartlett House, 9-112 Basinghall St. London.	Coldberry North Level (developing)	Middleton-in-Teasdale	SP Higgins	Lead ore	24	5
ditto	Wiregill (developing)	ditto		ditto	1	-
ICI (Fertilizer & Synthetic Products) Ltd., Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees	Billingham	Billlingham	GE Stewart	Anhydride	175	70
JE Maddison, West Newlandside, Stanhope	Yew Tree (not worked since 1938)	Catterick Moss	H Walton	Fluospar	-	-
JW Peart Farr Corn Riggs, Cowshill, Bishop Auckland	Allerscleugh	Wearhead	JW Peart	ditto	7	-
FJ Smith 9-10 Market Place, Middleton-in-Teesdale	Flushamea	Teesdale		Barytes	3	-
Wailes Dove Bitumastic Ltd., Bitumastic Works, Hebburn-on-Tyne	Hebburn Blue Clay	Hebburn-on-Tyne		Alum Clay	3	-
Thomas Walton, High Bishopley, Frosterley, Darlington	Weager Burn (not worked since 1938)	Bollihope		Lead ore	-	-
Weardale Lead Co. Ltd., Ireshopeburn, Bishop Auckland	Blackdean (developing)	Wearhead	HS Willis	Lead ore	3	1
ditto	Boltsburn	Rookhope	ditto	ditto	20	30
ditto	Sedling	Wearhead	ditto	ditto & flourspar	19	13
ditto	Stotsfield Burn	Rookhope	ditto	ditto	8	5
Wrentnall Baryta Co. Ltd., 95 Gresham St. London	Cow Green	Harwood-in-Teesdale		Barytes	29	20

N. Lancashire

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Yarlside, nr. Roose, Barrow-in-Furness	Yarlside No.s1&3 Pits	Barrow-in-Furness	H Lawn	Red haematite & moulding sand	40	16
Broughton Moor Green Slate Quarries Ltd., Coniston	Lag Bank	Coniston	J O'Mara	Slate	24	54
ditto	Old Lag Bank	ditto		ditto	13	26
ditto	Tunnel Hole	ditto	Discontinued		-	6
Buttermere Green Slate, Station Buildings, Keswick	Hodge Close (developing)	Tiberthwaite	JJ Thomas	Slate	1	-
Greenburn & Tilberthwaite Mininf Co. Ltd., 64 Finsbury Pavement, London	Hellens Lodge	ditto	Operations suspended	Copper ore	-	-
ditto	Tilberthwaite Deep Level	ditto	Developing	ditto	-	5
Kennedy Bros. Ltd., County Sq., Ulverstone	Burton	Roan Head	Chas. Severs	Iron ore	10	6
ditto	Davy	ditto	ditto	ditto	22	6
ditto ditto	Nigel Pit Violet (pumping)	ditto ditto	ditto ditto	ditto & sand Iron ore	102	125
Mandalls Slate Co. Ltd., Coniston	Blue (not owrked since 1934)	Coniston	J Poole	Slate	-	-
ditto	Saddlestone, Spion Kop & Moss Head	ditto	ditto	Slate	31	45
Newton Mines Ltd., 207 Shettleston Rd., Parkhead, Glasgow	Newton	Dalton	AG MacFarlane	Iron ore	40	22
JW Shaw, Bank Terrace, Coniston	Horse Gragg	Tilberthwaite		Slate	2	2

Northumberland

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Owners of Settlingstone Mines Ltd., 4 St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne	Settlingstones	Fourstones	H Clark	Witherite, lead ore and gravel	42	42
Weardale Lead Co. Ltd., Ireshopeburn, Bishop Auckalnd	St Peters	Allendale	HS Willis	Lead ore	16	7

Westmorland

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Basinghall Mining Syndicate Ltd., Greenside Mine, Glenridding, Penrith	Greenside	Glenridding	EA Purvis	Lead ore	142	140
Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd., Station Buildings, Keswick	Lords	Elterwater		Slate	9	18
ditto ditto	Jumb Steelrigg	Kentmere ditto	JJ Thomas ditto	Slate	6	2
Carlisle Plaster & Cement Co., Cocklakes, Carlisle	Acorn Bank (abandoned)	Temple Sowerby	K Boazman	Gypsum & anhydride	8	1
ditto	Kirkby Thore	Kirkbythore	J Hunter	ditto	34	5
Thompson Coward, Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Ambleside	Thrang Cragg	Chapel Stile	Not worked in 1938	Slate	-	-
Hartsop Hall Mining Syndicate, Patterdale, Penrith	Hartsop Hall	Patterdale		Lead ore	2	2
Thomas McGhie & Sons Ltd., Thistle Plaster Works, Kirkbythore, Penrith	Birks Head	Long Marton	J Hillary	Gypsum & anhydride	6	4
ditto	New Stamphill	Kirkbythore	ditto	ditto	2	1
ditto	Thistle	ditto		Gypsum	17	2
Silverband Syndicate per. JW Maxwell, Milburn Grange, Appleby, Westmorland	Silverband (prospecting)	Knock		Barytes and Galena	3	-
William Whatron 18 High St., Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland	Scordale	Hilton		Barytes	4	2
Wrangdale Head Green Slate Co. (Westmoreland) Ltd., Longsleddale	Wrangdale Head	Longsleddale		Slate	1	2

York (North Riding)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Boulder Flint Co. Ltd., Fremington, Richmond	Fremington Edge	Fremington Edge. Reeth	E Cherry	Chert	8	5
Bradley Bros. Langbaurgh Quarries, Great Ayton	Langbaurgh	Great Ayton	E Bradley	Igneous rock	10	5
North Riding Lead Mining Co. Ltd., Queens Rd., Richmond	Pryes Level (developing)	Hurst	WS Rider	Lead ore	7	1
Exors of N Reynoldson, per. Routledge, Armstron & Co., 57 English St., Carlisle, Cumberland	Lunehead	Lunehead		Barytes & lead ore	-	10
W Sherrat, Goathland Whinstone Mines, Goathland	Goathland	Goathland Moor		Igneous rock	8	6
JS Wagstaff, Arkengarthdale, Richmond	Hungry Chert	Arken'dale		Chert	6	3
Zetland Eastates Co. (Trading Dept.) King Street Chambers, Richmond	Wycliffe (abandoned)	Richmond	S Schofield	Chert	1	2