Nenthead Mines


Lead and Zinc Mine

Worked until 1922

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Dec 15th, 2024 by BertyBasset


Northern Pennines
Nenthead
54.7861023, -2.3401949
NY 7822 4352
Private Land
447m
#17,205

1883-1895 Nenthead & Tynedale Lead & Zinc Co. Ltd 1896-1921 Vieille Montagne Zinc Co.

Publications (8)

  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXV - Lead & Zinc: Northumberland and Alston Moor; 128 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Nenthead & Tynedale Lead & Zinc Company Limited. Plan Showing Nenthead, Priorsdale & Garrigill Mining Properties Including Levels, Veins, &c.; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Nenthead - Coalcleugh (east); 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Nenthead - Coalcleugh (west Sheet).; 1 pages
  • Critchley, Martin F. (1984); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 09-1 Sum - History and Workings of the Nenthead Mines, Cumbria, The; 50 pages (1-50)
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
  • Wallace, William (1861); Deposition of Lead Ore In Veins; Alston Moor; 331 pages
  • Wallace, William (1890); AlstonMoor; Its Pastoral People Mines and Miners; 256 pages

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