Coniston Mine


Copper Mine
Worked from c1590 to 1915

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Apr 16th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Lake District
Coniston
54.37854, -3.0964329
SD 2888 9867
Open Access
212m
#15,794


  • 1591-1599 Thurland, Haug, Langnauer & Co.
  • 1600-1640 Hochstetter & Co.
  • 1756-1757 Tissington & Co.
  • 1758-1795 Macclesfield Co.
  • 1823-1846 John Taylor & Co.
  • 1847-1875 Coniston Copper Mining Co.
  • 1870-1891 Coniston Mining Co.
  • 1892-1910 Coniston Mining Syndicate
  • 1912 -1915 Coniston Electrolytic Copper Company


Publications (86)

  • (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXII - Lead & Zinc: Lake District; 65 pages
  • (1925); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXX - Copper Ores: Midlands, Lake District & N Wales; 102 pages
  • (1982); CATMHS - Newsletter 002; 33 pages
  • (1983); CATMHS - Trip Report 29 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1984); CATMHS - Trip Report 04 03 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1984); CATMHS - Trip Report 19 08 - Consiton Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1984); CATMHS - Trip Report 26 12 - Consiton Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1985); CATMHS - Newsletter 010; 24 pages
  • (1985); CATMHS - Newsletter 011; 23 pages
  • (1985); CATMHS - Trip Report 13 07 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1986); CATMHS - Newsletter 012; 38 pages
  • (1986); CATMHS - Newsletter 013; 18 pages
  • (1986); CATMHS - Trip Report 23 11 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1986); CATMHS - Trip Report 26 12 - Coniston Copper Mines; 3 pages
  • (1986); CATMHS - Trip Report 28 06 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 01 03 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 08 02 - Coniston Copper Mines; 3 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 11 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 17 07 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 19 07 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 20 12 - Coniston Copper Mines; 3 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 22 11 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 25 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 25 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 3 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 25 02 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 25 10 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 26 12 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1987); CATMHS - Trip Report 29 11 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report - Coniston Copper Mines; 5 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report 17 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report 21 02 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report 22 06 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1989); CATMHS - Trip Report 15 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1990); CATMHS - Trip Report 26 12 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Trip Report 05 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Trip Report 06 01 - Coniston Copper Mines; 2 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Trip Report 17 11 - Coniston Copper Mines - Taylors Level; 1 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Trip Report 26 10 - Coniston Copper Mines; 3 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Trip Report 29 09 - Coniston Copper Mines; 1 pages
  • (1996); CATMHS - Newsletter 045-January; 36 pages
  • (1998); John Major Bomb Plot at Levers Water; 1 pages
  • (2003); CATMHS - Newsletter 073-November; 26 pages
  • (2008); CATMHS - Newsletter 090-February; 42 pages
  • (2010); CATMHS - Newsletter 099-April; 40 pages
  • (2015); CATMHS - Newsletter 119-May; 35 pages
  • (2016); CATMHS - Newsletter 123-May; 43 pages
  • (2021); CATMHS - Newsletter 142-February; 42 pages
  • (2021); CATMHS - Newsletter 144-August; 43 pages
  • Anon; Coniston Line Secton; 1 pages
  • Fleming, Peter (2010); Coniston Coppermines Rediscovered Part I; 28 pages
  • Fleming, Peter (2010); Coniston Coppermines Rediscovered Part II; 26 pages
  • Fleming, Peter (2010); Coniston Coppermines Rediscovered Part III; 28 pages
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1987); British Mining 33 - Orkshire & Lancashire Lead Mine, The; ISBN 0901450 32 4; pp.26.
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1993); British Mining 46 - Grassington Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 39 1; pp.31-32.
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1994); British Mining 49 - Wharfedale Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 41 3; pp.104.
  • Hrybyk, Mark; Coniston History; 1 pages
  • Hughes, S.J.S.; NMRS (1990); British Mining 40 - Darren Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 36 7; pp.152.
  • Matheson, Ian (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - Coniston Field Visit; 3 pages (113-115)
  • Moseley, Max; NMRS (2010); British Mining 89 - Metalliferous Mines of Cartmel & South Lonsdale; ISBN 9780901450661; pp.37-38,45.
  • NMRS (1972); Memoirs Vol2, No.2; pp.51-52,56,58.
  • NMRS (1980); British Mining 13 - Mines of Grassington Moor & Wharfedale, The; ISBN 0 901450 16 2; pp.32,61.
  • NMRS; British Mining 25 - Memoirs 1984; pp.46.
  • NMRS; British Mining 37 - Memoirs 1988; pp.29,42.
  • NMRS; British Mining 5 - Memoirs 1977; pp.15.
  • NMRS; British Mining 83 - Memoirs 2007; pp.16.
  • NMRS; British Mining 90 - Memoirs 2010 - 50 Years of Mining History; pp.92.
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1966; pp.37-40.
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1969; pp.54,56-59.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/2006; pp.9
  • NMRS; Newsletter Dec/1986; pp.6-8
  • NMRS; Newsletter Dec/1995; pp.10
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1987; pp.7
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1990; pp.8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1992; pp.5
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/2015; pp.9.
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1982; pp.3
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1983; pp.7-8
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1982; pp.9-10
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1988; pp.3.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1989; pp.7
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1992; pp.5-6
  • NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1977; pp.11-12
  • NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1985; pp.10
  • Palmer, M.; NMRS (1983); British Mining 22 - Welsh Potosi- "The Richest in all Wales"; ISBN 0 901450 24 3; pp.19.
  • Stanley, C.J. & Vaughan, D.J. (1982); Mineralogical Magazine - Mineralisation in the Bonser Vein, Coniston; 8 pages
  • Young, Brian (1994); Post mine mineralisation at Coniston; 3 pages





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