A gated portal situated on the north side of the Nenthead-Alston road, about 150 yards west of Nentsberry Bridge. Unfortunately, the level has collapsed, rendering it inaccessible. However, the workings in Cumbria can still be accessed via Brownley Hill Mine. It’s worth noting that many of the veins worked from this level extend across the county border into Northumberland, and some of these can be reached through Wellhope shaft.
Year
Company
1821-1893
Alston Moor Mining Co.
1894-1900
Nentsbury Mining Co. Ltd
1901-1902
Alston Lead & Blende Mines Ltd
1903-1908
Nentsbury Mining Co.
1909-1911
Lugdale Chemical Co. Ltd
1912-1913
Nentsbury Mining Co.
Publications (16)
(1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXV - Lead & Zinc: Northumberland and Alston Moor; 128 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)
Jackson, Peter (1971); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 04-5 Jun - Two Mine Wagons from Alston Moor; 5 pages (357-361)
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
