Saltom Pit


Coal Mine
Worked from 1729

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



Saltom Pit 1729–1848, pioneer of undersea mining.
Lake District
Kells
54.541377, -3.601537
NX 9649 1742
Private Land
27m
#25,858

Publications (7)

  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol VII - Lignites, Jet, Kimmeridge oil, England and Wales; 132 pages
  • (2008); CATMHS - Newsletter 093-November; 34 pages
  • (2016); CATMHS - Newsletter 125-November; 40 pages
  • (2021); CATMHS - Newsletter 145-November; 58 pages
  • Hill, Alan; NMRS (2012); British Mining 94 - Coal: A Chronology for Britain; ISBN 0901450 6 85; pp.30,59,87,98.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/2015; pp.3.
  • Robert L Galloway (1882); History of Coal Mining in Great Britain; 298 pages


Saltom Pit 1729–1848, pioneer of undersea mining.



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