Long Work


Copper Mine

Worked from c1565 to 1922

Mar 13th, 2025 from MOTLDF by BertyBasset



Lake District
Newlands Valley
54.5351639, -3.1945951
NY 2280 1620
Open Access
261m
#26,721


Small mine working malachite and copper pyrite from the E-W Long Work Vein.



Early trenching by German miners.

After a gap of over 3 centuries level with crosscuts driven in 1919 to investigate the veins below the trench workings by B. Johns working for W.H. Heywood, the then Goldscope proprietor.


Publications (1)

  • Adams, John (2nd Ed 1995); Mines of the Lake District Fells; pp. 32-33





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