West Mine


Copper Mine
Worked from 1857 to 1877

Jan 1st, 2024 from Peak by Buddle-Bot


Stoke on Trent & Cheshire
Alderley Edge
53.295415, -2.225155
SJ 8509 7763
Private Land
145m
#3,269

Series of large tunnels on three levels.

DCC

Publications (8)

  • (1925); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXX - Copper Ores: Midlands, Lake District & N Wales; 102 pages
  • (1985); CATMHS - Newsletter 008; 23 pages
  • (2019); CATMHS - Newsletter 136-August; 40 pages
  • Carlon, C.J.; NMRS (1981); British Mining 16 - Galantry Bank Copper Mine, The; ISBN 0 901450 19 7; pp.5,7-8,37
  • Carlon, Chris J., Dibben, Nigel J. (2012); Alderley Edge Mines, The; pp. 59-87
  • Edited by D. J. Linton (2015); Welsh Mines & Mining - Mining Technology - Technical Innovation in the Extractive Industries; 181 pages
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1983; pp.10
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1990; pp.2

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