Holyfield


Lead Mine
Worked until 1890

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



Northern Pennines
Alston Moor
54.798166, -2.419157
NY 7315 4489
Private Land
399m
#16,040


These levels worked the Holyfield Old Vein and the Holyfield Sun (Quaker) Vein, situated in the same area as Nattrass and Farnberry.



1848-1858 Working 1859-1862 Robert Walton & Co. 1863-1871 J. Dawson & Co. 1872-1876 D.G. Griffith & Co. 1877 Josh. Byers & Jacob Walton 1878 Holyfield Mining Co. 1879 Walton Bros. 1880-1890 Holyfield Mining Co.



Publications (6)

  • Fairbairn, R.A.; NMRS (1993); British Mining 47 - Mines of Alston Moor, The; ISBN 0901450 40 5; pp.24,29-30,98,100,102-106.
  • Holyfield Sun Vein; 1 pages
  • NMRS; British Mining 19 - Memoirs 1980-1982; pp.20-26.
  • NMRS; British Mining 78 - Memoirs 2005; pp.139.
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1969; pp.48.
  • Sopwith, T (1893); Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale & Teesdale, An Account of The; 207 pages





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